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Ten of the patients had been in the habit of eating
fried fish, nine had eaten shell-fish, four ice cream, and
four watercress. One patient, a girl aged two years,
had eaten a quantity of beef sausages and pork a few
days before she was taken ill; she died at home.
The Inspectors report that in twenty-four instances
the homes of the patients were in a satisfactory condition;
in four, the W.C.'s were out of order ; in two,
the drains were defective; and minor insanitary
conditions calling for notice were found in fifteen
instances. Seven patients were removed from single
room tenements.
TYPHUS FEVER.
On April 5th, P.R., aged nineteen years, of 25, Hare
Street, was notified as suffering from Enteric Fever.
The patient, a Russian immigrant, had arrived in
England twelve days previously; he complained of
severe headache and sickness on arrival; he was
removed to the Eastern Hospital the day lie was
notified.
On the 8th of April, Dr. Goodall reported that the
man was suffering from Typhus and not Typhoid
Fever. On receipt of this information the room in
which the patient had slept was stripped and repapered,
and the bedding was burned. All contacts
were kept under observation, but no further case was
reported.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Deaths 53. (Decennial average 63.)
All these deaths except two were amongst young
children aged less than five years; a rate on the