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TYPHOID.

On inspection it was discovered that sanitary work was necessary
in 16 of the houses where Typhoid had occurred, and in 5 houses
repairs were necessary to defective drains. These are statements of
facts and are not given as being necessarily the cause of the illness,
though they doubtless had something to do with it.
SMALL POX.
The outbreak which commenced in 1902 never really quite left
the District until about the end of July, 1904, as is shown by the fact
that last year we had 3 cases and this year 10. The first case this
year was in February, that of a student at Livingstone College, who
contracted it while pursuing his studies at Poplar Hospital. In March,
a man is said to have contracted the disease while attending the funeral
of a friend who is supposed to have died of blood poisoning. In April,
there were three cases—first, that of a woman said to have contracted
it while attending a funeral at Plaistow ; secondly, that of a boy who
had been playing with children outside our District who ultimately
developed the disease; and thirdly, a case was notified to me which on
investigation, 1 certified was not one of Small Pox. In June, the next
case occurred, that of a resident of Ramsay Road, Forest Gate, of
which we were quite unable to trace the source of infection. In July,
another case; caught it from her brother, who had a very mild attack
of the disease which had not been diagnosed. Four other cases