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The remaining cases were of a sporadic character, and call
for no special comment.
Erysipelas.
Forty-one notifications were received, one referred to a
house without the district, two were cases in the Strand Union
Workhouse, two notifications referred to the same patient, leaving
37 cases that occurred within the district for comment, the
following table shews the varieties of the disease:—
Facial erysipelas, non-traumatic 20 cases
„ „ attributed to the stings of insects 2 „
Erysipelas of leg, non-traumatic 1 case
,, of new-born infant, followed by extensive
sloughing, but which recovered 1 „
„ of face, secondary to ear disease 1 „
„ after surgical operation 1 ,,
„ after accidental injuries 7 cases
„ of foot and leg, following sores produced
by ill-fitting boots 4 „
Total 37
It is worthy of remark that six cases occurred in Eastbournia
Terrace and roads abutting thereon, and that of these
three occurred in contiguous houses.
I am not of opinion that any information of real value to
the Sanitary Authority is derived from the notification of this
disease as a rule, but it may occasionally give rise to the discovery
of useful information.
Smallpox.
Only one case was notified during the year, it was that of
an old woman from this district who developed the disease 18
days after her admission to the Workhouse, she had been under
observation immediately prior to her admission to the Union,
and had shewn no signs of this affection, it is probable that the
contagion was conveyed to her after her admission, as the full
period of incubation of Smallpox intervened between her
admission and the date of onset, fortunately no other cases
occurred ; the source of contagion could not be traced,