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8
SECTION F.
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OYER INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
During the year there was a noteworthy outbreak limited m
numbers of two diseases. Cerebrospinal Fevex and Typhoid Fever,
which are of infrequent occurence in this District.
Of the former, 17 cases, of which 2 were fatal, occured during
the year. Their distribution in Wards was as follows:
Emerson Park, 3; Harold Wood, 3; North-West, 3;
Thameside, 3; Town, 3; Upminster, 2.
All were removed to hospital. A girl, aged 4 years, died early on
the second day of disease. The other death was that of a man, aged
35 years, who died on the seventh day of disease. No two cases
occurred in the same house or in the same family.
There were 17 cases of Enteric Fever, including 1 Typhoid and
16 Paratyphoid B. All were removed to hospital and made good
recoveries.
It was not found possible to elicit any common infecting agent
for the cases comprising this small outbreak and no evidence pointed
to milk or water as the vehicle of infection.
Four cases occurred in one family but all the others were
single cases.
The incidence of Scarlet Fever was less but the number of
Diphtheria cases was slightly more than last year when 214 cases of
Scarlet Fever and 27 cases of Diphtheria were notified.
Under the Measles and Whooping Cough Regulations, 61 notifications
of the former and 10 of the latter were received.

Tuberculosis.
During the year, 78 primary notifications of pulmonary and 13 of
non-pulmonary Tuberculosis were received.