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This disease is now included amongst the dangerous infectious
diseases referred to in the London Public Health Act; the object
being the isolation of the infected persons and the disinfection of
infected rooms and articles of clothing, &c.
In order that I may enforce these measures, may I ask you to
be good enough to give me early information of any cases you
become aware of amongst your scholars, their relations, or other
inmates of the houses in which they reside.
Yours faithfully,
Herbert Littlejohn,
Medical Officer of Health.
To the Head Teacher.
Epidemic Diarrhœa.
The number of deaths registered from this cause was 13 as compared
with 4 in 1903. The death rate per 1000 of the population from this
disease was 0.15.