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septic broncho-pneumonia and tetanus, and died in the
London Hospital. In both instances the specific microorganism
of tetanus was found.
ANTHRAX.
H. P., a checking clerk employed at some riverside
premises, developed a boil on his neck after inspecting
some foreign hides. On May 19th he consulted a local
medical man who advised him to go to the London
Hospital where he was at once taken in. A cultivation
from the boil was made, the specific bacillus of anthrax
was found and the usual operation of excision was performed.
The patient recovered.
TUBERCULOSIS.
During 1910 tuberculosis in its various forms caused
242 deaths, over twelve per cent. of the total mortality
from all causes in the Borough, and equal to a rate of
l-84 per thousand population. The deaths from pulmonary
phthisis alone numbered 176, equal to a rate of
1.34 against 1.14 for the whole of London. Fifty-one
of the 66 deaths from forms of tuberculosis, other than
phthisis, were amongst young children aged less than
five years, a mortality on the estimated population of
young children of 2.8 per thousand living. Nine
infants died from Tuberculous Meningitis, and an equal
number from Tabes Mesenterica.
Sixteen samples of suspected sputum were examined
at the request of medical practitioners, but in three
instances only was a positive result reported.