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diphtheria bacilli had been isolated by the Lister Institute prior to removal to
hospital. It was therefore apparently a mild case which quickly recovered.
ENTERIC FEYER.
Excluding duplicates there was only 15 notifications of enteric fever, in
comparison with 21 the previous year; of which 9 belonged to St. Giles and
Bloomsbury, and 6 to the Holborn District. The average number of notifications
for the preceding decennium was 44; 24 in St. Giles and Bloomsbury, and
20 in the Holborn District. All but one of the cases were removed to hospital.
Of the 15 patients, in one case the disease was certainly contracted out of the
Borough; in one the disease was apparently caused from the consumption of
oysters, and in two others apparently from the consumption of watercress. One
patient was a nurse at a hospital, another at a nursing home, and three belonged
to the staff of another hospital.
The only death registered during the year as belonging to the Borough
occurred at an Asylum where the patient had been for many years.
Errors in Diagnosis.
Of the above 15 cases I had information that two were not suffering from
enteric fever; one patient died from acute tuberculosis, and the other was
suffering from broncho-pneumonia.
MEASLES.
Measles was principally prevalent in the Borough during the months of
February to June inclusive, by far the largest number of cases occurring in the
months of May and June, and was more prevalent in St. Giles and Bloomsbury
than in the Holborn Sub-district.
Of 370 cases reported on by the Lady Sanitary Inspector, the source of
information in 235 cases was from the school, and in 122 the information was
obtained during her visits and revisits.
In February, the school principally affected was Saffron Hill; in March, St.
John Fisher Street and Charing Cross Road; in April, Princeton Street; in May,
Tower Street, Endell Street, Wild Street, Macklin Street, and Castle Street; in
June, Endell Street, Christ Church Herbrand Street, and Rosebery Avenue; and
in July there was a small outbreak at Princeton Street.
Of the 370 cases, 196 were attending school, and 174 did not attend school;
three being over 14 years of age, and 171 under school age, 14 being infants
under one year.