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There were 13 fatalities due to this disease, which gives a case
mortality of 4.3 per cent.
One thousand seven hundred and eleven specimens were forwarded
by medical practitioners for bacteriological investigation
from cases suspected to be Diphtheria. Of this number 1,603
were reported to give negative or doubtful results, and 108 were
positive in character, being dealt with accordingly.
The quarterly incidence of the disease for 1919 has been as
follows :—
Ist Quarter—East Greenwich, 45 cases; West Greenwich, 17; St.
Nicholas, 1; Charlton, 15; Kidbrooke, 10; a
total of 88 cases.
2nd Quarter—East Greenwich, 21 cases; West Greenwich, 14; St.
Nicholas, 3; Charlton, 8; Kidbrooke, 8; a total of
54 cases.
3rd Quarter—East Greenwich, 17 cases; West Greenwich, 12; St.
Nicholas, 2; Charlton, 10; Kidbrooke, 5; a total
of 46 cases.
4th Quarter—East Greenwich, 64 cases; West Greenwich, 12; St.
Nicholas, 3; Charlton, 18; Kidbrooke, 16; a total
of 113 cases.
Membranous Croup. No cases of Membranous Croup were
notified during the year.
Erysipelas. Fifty-four cases were notified during the year,
27 being in East Greenwich, 10 in West Greenwich, 5 in St.
Nicholas, 8 in Charlton and 4 in Kidbrooke. Sixteen of these patients
were removed to a Public Institution in the district.
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Scarlet Fever. Five hundred and eighty-seven cases were
notified during the year, as compared with 155, 167 and 481 cases
respectively in the years 1917, 1918 and 1919; 346 cases were in
East Greenwich, 126 in West Greenwich, 26 in St. Nicholas, 53 in
Charlton and 36 in Kidbrooke ; 538 of these cases were removed
to the Hospital for treatment. There were three deaths from this
disease during the year as against 7 last year.
Eleven of the cases removed to the Hospital as suffering from
Scarlet Fever were returned as wrongly diagnosed.
The following Table gives particulars of the six cases which
would seem to be "return cases." There were 6 such cases in 1919,
2 in 1918, 0 in 1917 and 6 in 1916.