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Zymotic Enteritis or Summer Diarrhcea. This Council
made an order requiring the notification of cases of Zymotic
Enteritis or Summer Diarrhcea during the months of June, July,
August and September. The order was duly advertised and came
into operation for the months stated. The sections included in the
order were Sections 55 and 57 of the Public Health (London) Act,
1891, and under the provisions of these sections 250 cases of
Diarrhoea were notified throughout the whole of the Borough, 102
being under one year of age; 125 between one and five; 20 between
five and fifteen; 4 between fifteen and twenty-five, 3 between
twenty-five and forty-five and 2, sixty-five years and over. One
hundred and twenty-eight of such notifications related to patients
in East Greenwich, 84 in West Greenwich, 25 in St. Nicholas and
19 in Charlton.
Instructions are given by the Female Sanitary Inspector and
Health Visitors to the mothers with a view to lessening the mortality
among the children already infected and preventing the
infection of other members of the family.
The importance of cleanliness with regard to the milk and
other food supply is pointed out, and a leaflet is left for the general
guidance of the parents in dealing with the sick children. Ignorance
and improper feeding are the causes of many deaths from this
disease.
The fact that Diarrhoea is infectious comes as a surprise to
many mothers.
The number of notifications for Greenwich in 1915 shows a
striking decrease in every district, especially in St. Nicholas which
shows a decrease of 64.
There were 50 deaths ascribed to this disease, comparing with
57 in the previous year.
Whooping Cough. Three hundred and three cases were notified
(compared with 72 in 1914), 56 being under one year of age,
158 from one to five and 89 from five to fifteen; the districts