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mation has altogether cleared up. This in some measure
may doubtless account for some of the attacks of a mild
character which have been thus notified and have recovered
so satisfactorily.
Isolation Shelter. This shelter was not used during
the year.
Contacts. Intimation was received from the Medical
Officers of Health to the various Port Sanitary Authorities
on 5 occasions during the year in this connection. Each of
these persons was kept under observation.
Glanders. Under the Glanders Order, notification has
been made to this authority during the year with respect
to 3 different outbreaks of Glanders. Enquiries have been
made in each case, and no human Glanders has appeared to
result therefrom.
Glanders, Anthrax and Hydrophobia. No notification
of any case of these diseases in man has been received
during the year.
Consumption. During the year there were 93 cases of
Consumption voluntarily notified, 45 being in East Greenwich,
20 in West Greenwich, 22 in St. Nicholas, and 6 in
Charlton. Of this number 39 cases were under treatment in
an Institution. The ages of the patients were, 1 under one
year of age, 11 between one and five years, 24 between five
and fifteen years, 11 between fifteen and twentv-five years,
26 between twenty-five and forty-five years, 17 between
forty-five and sixty-five, and 3 over sixty-five years.
Eighty-one specimens were forwarded by Medical Practitioners
for bacteriological investigation from patients
suspected to be consumptive; 64 were reported to be
negative and 17 positive.
Disinfection has been offered and carried out in 60 cases,
including 74 rooms and 228 articles of bedding, etc.;