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district 163 cases were reported, six resulted in death; in the South
there were 113, with three deaths; and in the East 171, with two.
Amongst the notified cases in the East district were 20 at the
Children's Home, in Bonner Road, none of which was fatal.
The Inspectors' reports on the sanitary condition of the residences
of the infected persons give the following particulars:—
In 157 instances the premises were in fairly good condition; in
88 the closets were out of order; in 22 the drains inside the houses
were leaky, and in a similar number the outside drains were defective;
in three the domestic water supply was found to be drawn from the
w.c. cistern; in one instance the premises were overcrowded; whilst
various minor insanitary defects were noted in 142; 43 of the cases
occurred amongst families inhabiting one room only; 268 persons
suffering from scarlet fever were removed to hospital, where eight
of them died.
ENTERIC FEVER.
(17 deaths. Decennial Average 22.2.)
The total number of cases of enteric fever reported during the
year is 97: of these 17 died, representing a case mortality of 17.5
on the notifications. The deaths are equal to a rate of 0.13
per 1,000 population. Of the cases, 42 were notified from the
North district, with 11 deaths; 31 from the South, with one death;
and 24 from the East, with five deaths.
In 37 instances the residence of the patient was found to be in a
satisfactory sanitary condition; but in 27 the w.c.'s were defective;
in seven the external drainage arrangements were faulty; in 14 the
drains inside the house were leaky, and other insanitary conditions
were found in 40 instances. Five cases occurred in families
inhabiting single-room tenements, and in three instances the
premises were overcrowded; 66 of the patients were removed to
hospital, of whom 12 died. In only one case was it necessary to
take legal proceedings to enforce removal. This was at a tworoomed
house in Moss Street, occupied by a family of Jews. The
ground floor room was used as a shop, in which articles of food in