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Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.—16 cases were
notified, and all were removed to hospital except a doubtful
case, which was afterwards considered not to be diphtheria.
There were only two deaths, a case mortality of only 12.5 per
cent., that of London being 14.9 per cent. In London there
were 11,871 cases notified, and 1,772 deaths from this disease,
the smallest number since 1891.
Typhoid Fever.—There were only 5 cases notified, and
one death. As two of these were doubtful cases, examinations
were made for the Widal reaction, which was obtained in
both cases. One was not contracted in this District, as the
illness had begun when the person came to reside in this,
District. Another case was probably caused by the consumption
of infected oysters.
In London there were 3,032 notifications and 585 deaths.
Measles.—The mortality from measles in this District
was again small, there being but 5 deaths assigned to this
disease. In London the number of deaths was 3,069.
In London there are generally four or five consecutive
quarters of years with few deaths, followed by three or four
consecutive quarters in which the number of deaths is very
large. The last epidemic was during the last quarter of
1897 and the first two quarters of 1898.
Whooping Cough was the assigned cause of 11 deaths,
all of children under five years of age. It was very pre-
c