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Secondary Cases.
Excluding the above 5 cases and the 5 nurses at a Hospital, of the remaining
53 cases 43 occurred in houses in which there was no secondary case. In 5
houses 2 cases each.
Return Cases.
There was only one "return" case during the year. In a house in which the
two cases were treated at home, the second case occurred after the primary case
was supposed to be free from infection.
Diphtheria Anti-toxin.
Diphtheria Anti-toxin was supplied free of charge in 8 cases.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Excluding duplicates there were 15 notifications in comparison with 7 in
the preceding year. 11 belonged to St. Giles and Bloomsbury District and 4 to
the Holborn District. All but one were removed to Hospital. These notifications
corresponded to a rate of 0.32 per 1,000 in comparison with 0.18 for London.
Errors in Diagnosis.
One case was returned from the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board not suffering from enteric fever, or 6.7 per cent. of the cases notified.
Of the remaining 14 cases 8 were not, and 2 probably not contracted in the
Borough. Of the other 4 cases one had been in the habit of frequently eating
oysters, and two, fried fish.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
(Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.)
No case was notified during the year. 73 cases were notified in London.
POLIO-MYELITIS AND ENCEPHALITIS I
No notification was received during the year. There were 93 notifications in
London.
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