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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Although a considerable amount of supervision is now carried
out, and a large amount of useful work done by the Fishmongers'
Company in preventing polluted shell-fish from being
sold, yet without more stringent legislation on the matter it will
be impossible to prevent similar outbreaks in the future.
In only six of the cases which proved to be Enteric Fever
•could no history of infection be ascertained, and one of these
proved fatal.
Of the ii cases which proved to be not Enteric Fever four
proved fatal, one from Otitis, one from Empyema, one from
Pneumonia, and one from Peritonitis.
Cases of Mistaken Diagnosis.
In 107 cases (55 of Scarlet Fever, 39 of Diphtheria, and 11
of Enteric Fever), information was received from the Metropolitan
Asylums Board's and other hospitals, that the patients
were not suffering from the disease notified or any other notifiable
•disease, compared with 112 in 1909, 110 in 1908, 111 in 1907, 93
in 1906, 97 in 1905, and 94 in 1904.
Of the 845 cases removed to hospital, in 107 or 12.6 per cent.
the diagnosis was incorrect, compared with 9.5 per cent. in 1909,
6.9 per cent. in 1908, 6.5 in 1907, 6.7 in 1906, and 5.2 in 1905.
There has been a marked increase in the percentage of incorrect
diagnosis compared with previous years.