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Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Eight cases of enteric fever were notified during the year,
one of which ended fatally. So far as could be ascertained,
there was no probable connection between any two of the cases.
In most instances the period of incubation pointed to infection
outside the District, and in no instance could any local source
of infection be ascertained.
Measles and Whooping-Cough.
Measles gave rise to comparatively little trouble during
the year, and although whooping-cough was somewhat more
prevalent, it was not to so serious an extent as in the previous
year.
Almost the entire mortality from these diseases is due to
lung complications, and it is mainly on this account that
marked differences in the case-mortality are noted at different
seasons of the year.
Smallpox.
No case of this disease was notified in Finchley during the
year.
The hospital in Summers Lane, which has accommodation
for 24 patients, has been kept in readiness for immediate use.
By an agreement with the Hornsey Borough Council this
hospital is available for cases from their district, and one
patient was sent in during February for treatment.
Consumption (Phthisis)
A voluntary system of notification of cases of phthisis has
now been in force within the District for rather more than
two years. During 1904 eight notification certificates were
received from medical practitioners, and during 1905 the same
number.