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Of the above 727 cases, one occurred in the Poplar Union Workhouse,
one in the Scandinavian Sailors' Home, four were notified
from the Sick Asylum, and one from the Stepney Union Workhouse.
One hundred cases were removed to the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's hospitals from Poplar, and 204 cases from Bromley.
The Committee, at their meeting on the 25th March, considered
the question raised by the Vestry of St. Mary Islington, as to the
alleged premature discharge of a scarlet lever patient from a hospital
of the Metropolitan Asylums' Board; the Islington Vestry had
written suggesting that the Local Government Board should hold an
enquiry into the practice of the Metropolitan Asylums' Board with
reference to the discharge of patients. The Committee recommended
to the Board that no steps be taken in the matter.
A case of scarlatina occurred in a house at Cordelia Street. The
mother failed to recognise the gravity of the case and allowed the
child to run about the streets, but, as the neglect to isolate was not
wilful, the Committee directed that on disinfection of the premises,
no further action be taken.
CONTINUED AND TYPHOID FEVERS.
Two cases of continued fever were notified in Poplar and one in
Bromley.

The 61 cases in Poplar were notified from 55 houses, and the 87
cases in Bromley from 77 premises; in the first instance 20 house