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ANTHRAX, GLANDERS, AND HYDROPHOBIA IN MAN.
Anthrax ; London Notification of Glanders Order, 1907 ;
Hydrophobia.
Anthrax.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
London Notification of Glanders Order, 1907.
In accordance with the London (Notification of Glanders) Order,
1907, notice was received from the Veterinary Inspector of the London
County Council of the existence of Glanders at premises in the Borough :
—0 Poplar, 1 Bromley, 0 Bow.
Hydrophobia.
No case of this disease was notified during the year.
PUERPERAL FEVER.*
* See page 47 as to what diseases are included under Puerperal Fever.
Number of Cases ; Deaths.
Thirteen cases of puerperal fever were notified—2 Poplar, 4 Bromley,
and 7 Bow.
(1) A case of puerperal fever was notified on 15th March as occurring
in a patient, aged 26 years, of Claudius Mansions, Rothbury Road, Bow.
The patient had been admitted into the Poplar and Stepney Sick Asylum
on 6th March, the birth was reported as having occurred on the 7th,
and the patient died on 15th March in the institution mentioned.
(2) A case of puerperal fever was notified on 21st March as occurring
in a patient, aged 28 years, of Allanmouth Road. Removed to Eastern
Hospital, 1st April.
(3) A patient, aged 40, of Caxton Street, Bow, admitted into the
Eastern Hospital on 10th April as having puerperal fever, was notified
on 7th May to be suffering from erysipelas as well as puerperal fever.
(4) A case of puerperal fever was notified on 25th May ; patient
aged 27, of Empson Street, Bromley, admitted into the London Hospital
on 22nd May.