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From the North-East sub-district 260 cases were
reported and 350 from the South-West. The
Inspectors report that the homes of 322 of the patients
were in a fairly satisfactory condition, but in twentyeight
instances the W.C. or the apparatus connected
therewith, was found to be defective. The drainage
was leaky in twelve instances and minor insanitary
defects were noted in seventeen. Forty-two persons
were removed from single room tenements.
DIPHTHERIA.
Total deaths 20. (Decennial average 39).
The number of cases reported as Diphtheria was
174, nine others were certified as Membranous Croup,
a total of 183; of these 165 were removed to Metropolitan
Asylums Board Hospitals, and eight other
urgent cases requiring immediate operation were
treated in other hospitals, and ten remained at home.
In fifteen instances a notification was received from
the M.A.B. Authorities to the effect that the diagnosis
as stated on the certificate was incorrect. Of the 158
true cases of Diphtheria treated in hospital, sixteen
died, a case mortality of ten per cent. Four of the
ten cases treated at home died. All the Diphtheria
deaths except two were amongst young children aged
less than five years. The Diphtheria mortality in
Bethnal Green was .15 per thousand living against .13
for the whole of London. Eighty-two of the cases
were reported from the North-East sub-district and
101 from South-West. In three instances the fatal
Diphtheria followed an attack of Measles (which is