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MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
There have been fewer cases notified this year, and the mortality
has been considerably less.
Of the 26 cases, 15 were notified as occurring in the Leytonstone
Ward.
There was only one death, that of a child under five years
of age.
TYPHOID FEVER.
There has been a decrease both in the number of cases notified
and in the rate of mortality.
Of the 61 cases that were notified, six were imported into the
district.
10 cases occurred in four houses, 4 cases being in one house.
In 26 houses the Sanitary arrangements were found to be
defective.
The greatest proportion of cases, viz., 26, occurred in the Ley ton
Ward (Table XI.), in 19 roads, and the infected houses in six of these
roads have only recently been built.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
There have been only three cases notified, and no deaths have
occurred.
MEASLES.
There has been no serious epidemic such as we experienced in
1895, but there was a considerable amount of this disease prevalent
during the first five months of the year.
Of the 20 deaths, 18 were under five years of age.
Eighteen of the total deaths took place during the last five
months of the year.
ERYSIPELAS.
There has been an increase in the number of cases notified, and
the rate of mortality is slightly increased.