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Case 3 was an infant 2 years old, notified from High Street,
Foots Cray, on October 25th, and removed to Hospital the same
day, and discharged on November 29th.
Case 4, a boy aged 11, occurred at Knoll Road, Sidcup, at the
end of October, and was removed to Hospital. This case was in all
probability contracted in school from another scarlet fever patient
resident in an adjoining district who had attended the same school.
Case 5 was a girl aged 7, at Whitehorse Hill, on November
10th, and was sent to Hospital the same day. There were three
other young children in this house who escaped, and the origin
of the case was doubtful.
Case 6 was a boy aged 6 years, notified in December, and who
attended the same school as Case 4, where there had been several
cases among the scholars from an adjoining District, and was no
doubt contracted from the same source, as I found one of the
scholars peeling profusely from the hands, and who with his
brother, had attended school.
No cases of Small-Pox, Enteric, or Puerperal Fever occurred
throughout the year.
Tuberculosis caused 3 deaths during the year (the same number
as in 1910), all of which were certified as due to Phthisis (consumption
of the lungs). As regards occupations, one was a domestic
servant, one an inspector at a large London Stores, and the third
a gardener. The Phthisis death-rate was 0.34 per 1,000 of population.
The following cases were notified :—
I. April 21st. A girl aged 13 years, from St. Joseph's Home.
This case was afterwards notified in May from St. Peter's Home,
Kilburn, where she died on June 18th, 1911. The patient's mother
had died from the same disease, and the girl had been delicate from
birth.
II. July 9th. A boy aged 8 years, notified from the Royal
Sea Bathing Hospital, Margate, admitted from Windsor Cottages.
The case was subsequently sent home as incurable and was in December
again notified under the Poor Law Regulations. This
boy's father died of Phthisis on February 14th, 1910, but it is an
early case in which treatment may prove of great value.
III. July 25th. A young man (labourer), aged 22, notified
from the National Sanatorium, Benenden, home address, Jubilee
Cottages, Foots Cray. This patient returned home slightly improved
in health. Patient's father and sister died of Phthisis.