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of the reports to the Medical Practitioners and is always here,
therefore I should be pleased to receive reports by telegrams
addressed to me at these Offices as heretofore and also on Sundays
(forenoon)."
It is preferable to have the result in writing (telegram) as messages
sent through the telephone are liable to be misunderstood.
This new arrangement will hasten the removal to hospital or isolation
at home of patients suffering from Diphtheria.
Errors in Diagnosis.
See pages 57-59 as to cases of Diphtheria admitted into Metropolitan
Asylums Board's Hospitals which were certified as not having the
complaint.
No deductions have been made in respect of these patients.
Condition of Housk Drainage.
The 82 cases in Poplar were notified from 67 premises, the 85 cases
in Bromley from 57 premises, and the 43 cases in Bow from 32 bouses,
and of these premises the drains were found to be defective in 15 instances
—7 Poplar, 7 Bromley, and 1 Bow.
Isolation.
64 cases in Poplar (sub-district), 69 in Bromley, and 33 in Bow were
removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Two patients
from Poplar (sub-district) were treated in the East London Hospital for
Children, one patient from Bromley was treated in St. Bartholomew's
Hospital, and one patient from Bow was treated in the Sick Asylum. So
that 170 patients out of 210 notified cases in the Borough were isolated.