View report page

100
Scarlet Fever.—Two hundred and ninety-one cases were
notified, against three hundred and thirty-two in the
previous year. Two hundred and sixty-eight cases were
treated at the Isolation Hospitals, and twenty-three at the
homes of the patients. No deaths were registered.
Enteric Fever.—Two cases were reported as due to
Typhoid Fever, against one case in the previous year. Both
cases were treated in hospitals.
Erysipelas.—Fifty-four cases were reported, against
fifty-one cases in the previous year. Twenty cases were
treated at the homes of the patients, and thirty-four in
various hospitals.
Typhus Fever.—No case was reported.
Typhoid Fever.—During October an outbreak of Typhoid
Fever occurred in some Western Boroughs of London (not
Hammersmith).
Of the total of 11 Typhoid and 1 Paratyphoid Fevers it
appeared that several of the patients had eaten oysters at
a restaurant in this Borough.
On receipt of this information arrangements were made
for the collection of samples of oysters from the restaurant
in question, and they were submitted to the Pathologist at
the West London Hospital. The report of the Pathologist
stated that oysters from both batches were pooled, and after
examination no evidence of the typhoid group of organism
was found.