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For number of deaths and death rates from diphtheria, also see
Tables XIX. and XX., page 65.
Bacteriological Examinations.
157 swabbings from throats of doubtful cases of diphtheria were
forwarded for bacteriological examination to the Lister Institute of Preventive
Medicine.* The bacillus diphtheria} was isolated in 52 instances
(33-.1 per cent.), and the pseudo diphtheritic bacillus in 6 cases.
Errors in Diagnosis.
See pages 76-78 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 House Drainage.
The 89 cases in Poplar were notified from 86 premises, the 130 cases
in Bromley from 107 premises, and the 64 cases in Bow from 53 houses,
and of these premises the drains were found to be defective in 18
instances—7 Poplar, 11 Bromley, and 0 Bow.
Isolation.
74 cases in Poplar (sub-district), 103 in Bromley, and 53 in Bow were
removed to hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Three patients
from Poplar (sub-district) were treated in the East London Hospital for
Children, one patient from Bromley was treated in the London Hospital,
two were treated in the East London Hospital for Children, one in the
Children's Hospital, Great Ormand Street, and two in the Sick Asylum,
and one patient from Bow was treated in the Sick Asylum, one in the
Queen's Hospital, and one in St. Bartholomew's Hospital. So that 242
patients out of 283 notified cases in the Borough were isolated.
* See page 80.