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No case was traceable to the consumption of shellfish; there
were 6 fatalities from this disease.
Eleven specimens were forwarded by medical practitioners
for bacteriological examination from cases suspected to be Typhoid
Fever in character, 1 giving a positive result.
Puerperal Fever.—Nine cases of this disease were notified
during the year, 6 being in East Greenwich, 2 in West Greenwich
and 1 in Charlton.
There were 6 cases in 1922, 11 cases in 1921, 5 in 1920 and 5 in
1919. There was 1 death from this disease during the year.
Measles.—This disease was made permanently notifiable by
an Order of this Council, approved by the Ministry on the 1st July,
1920.
Seven hundred and six cases were notified during the year,
as compared with 1286 during the previous year, and 572 for the
year 1921.
The ages and incidence of fatality of the disease were as follows :
There were 18 cases under 1 year of age, with no resultant deaths.
Between the ages of one to five years there were 208 cases with 2
deaths at this age period giving a case mortality of .96 per cent.,
and 480 cases between five years and sixty-five with no deaths.
The case mortality for the whole district works out at .28 per
cent. as compared with 2.25 per cent. for the previous year.