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Total oases in year - 1,378.
Zymotic Enteritis or Simmer Diarrhoea. This Council made an
order requiring the notification of cases of Zygotic Enteritis or
Suiter Diarrhoea during the months of June, July, August and September.
The order was duly advertised and came into operation for the
monthe 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 319 cases of Diarrhoea were notified
throughout the whole of the Borough, 80 being under one year of
age; 117 between one and five; 7 between five and fifteen; 7 between
fifteen and twenty-five, 3 between twenty-five and forty-five; 3
between forty-five and sixty-five and 2 sixty-five years and over.
One hundred and five of such notifications related to patients in
East Greenwich, 79 in West Greenwich, 23 in. St. Nicholas and 13
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 witn the sick children.
Ignorance and improper feeding are the causes of many deaths from
this disease.
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