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2 53 of these person were removed to M.A.B. Hospitals,
and eight other urgent cases were treated in general
Hospitals, sixteen remained at home. In forty-seven
instances a notification was received from the M.A.B.
superintendents to the effect that the diagnosis as
stated on the certificate was incorrect. Of the 214
true diphtheria patients treated in hospital, twentytow
died, a case mortality of ten per cent. Seven
of the sixteen patients who were treated in their own
homes died, a much heavier mortality. Twenty-two
of the deaths from diphtheria were amongst young
children aged less than five years.
The diphtheria mortality in Bethnal Green was
0.21 per thousand living, against 0.15 for the whole
of London. One hundred and twenty-three of the
cases were reported from the North East sub-district
and 154 from the South West.
The Inspectors report that in 140 instances the
sanitary condition of the patient's home was satisfactory;
in eighteen the W.C.'s were out of order ; in
nine the external drains were defective. Twentyseven
patients were removed from single room
tenements. Throat swabs from thirteen cases of
suspected Diphtheritic throats were submitted to the
Clinical Research Association. In three instances a
positive result was reported, but in ten the characteristic
Bacillius was absent.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Deaths 13. ( Decennial average 16.)
Eighty-three persons were reported as suffering
from Enteric Fever, seventy-eight of whom were re-