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SCARLET FEVER.
The 88 cases of Scarlet Fever occurred in 73 houses, in 3 of which
there were grave insanitary conditions; in several the sanitary conditions
were slight, and in the remaining houses there was an absence
of such conditions.
School attendance was ascribed as the origin of the infection in 12
cases; and in 3 cases there were strong reasons for believing that
the infection was communicated by a patient recently dismissed from a
fever hospital. The infection was imported into the Borough in 3
instances, and in 3 instances the infection was directly contracted from
a preceding case.
ERYSIPELAS.
The 30 cases of this disease represented infection in 28 different
premises. In 1 of these, grave insanitary conditions existed, and in
2 the insanitary conditions were of a slight nature. Two cases resulted
from injury.
TYPHOID FEVER.
The 34 cases notified during the year all occurred in 28 different
houses. In 5 of these houses grave insanitary conditions existed
and in 3 the insanitary conditions were slight; while in the remaining
20 there were no insanitary conditions. One of the cases doubtless
contracted the disease outside of London during the summer and
autumn holidays. The evidence pointed strongly to the infection
having been derived from the eating of oysters in 1 instance. The
origin of the infection remained quite obscure in the majority of
cases; and in many instances, as I pointed out in a previous Report,
the patient had been ailing for several weeks before he took to his
bed and the disease was diagnosed.