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ENTERIC FEVER.
Deaths 4 (Decennial average, 8.5).
Eighteen persons suffering from Enteric Fever were
notified and removed, twelve to Hospitals of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board and six to general hospitals;
there were four deaths, a case mortality of 22.2 per
cent., as against 18.6 amongst the Eastern Hospital
cases.
The Inspectors report eight of the homes as satisfactory.
The w.c. was defective in one case, bad
drainage was noted in three others, and minor insanitary
defects in eight. Two persons were removed from
single-room tenements.
Fifteen samples of blood in suspicious cases were
examined at the request of medical practitioners; in one
case only was a positive reaction reported, though partial
reactions were obtained in two others.
In no case could the cause of the illness be definitely
traced, but suspicion was cast in five cases upon fried
fish eaten by the patient, shell-fish in three cases, icecream
in three cases, and water-cress in one case. No
information as to suspicious articles of food could be
obtained in eight cases.
WHOOPING-COUGH.
Deaths 48 (Decennial average, 44).
All these deaths, with the exception of one, were
amongst young children aged less than five years, a
mortality of 2.9 per thousand on the estimated population
of young children. Twenty-seven of these deaths
occurred at home, and the remaining twenty-one at
Hospitals.