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Wrong Diagnosis. 93 cases of Infectious Disease were removed
to the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals, which were subsequently
returned home in consequence of the patients found not to be suffering from
the disease stated on the certificates, or from any other notifiable disease.
51 of the cases were notified by private practitioner, 27 from the London
Hospital, and 15 from other Public Institutions.
This number referred to 31 cases of Scarlet Fever, 61 of Diphtheria, and
1 of Enteric Fever.
Bacteriological Examinations.

Small Pox. Five cases were actually notified as haying occurred
in our district, although other residents contracted the disease. None of the
five patients died.
Prior to dealing with cases occurring in our district it is necessary to give a
short history of the outbreak in other districts. A "cheap jack" was taken
ill in Stanhope Street, St. Pancras, on July 22nd last. He was notified to be
suffering from Scarlet Fever, but was removed to the Small Pox Hospital
on July 26th. He died from Small Pox. He used to buy a number of
articles for his trade in various shops in Houndsditch, and in one shop in our
district, in Cobb Street. It is known that he was in the neighbourhood
on July 10th and at that shop on that date.
The second case was that of Mrs. G., Canning Town. She was taken
ill on July 24th, the rash appearing on July 26th, and was removed
to Orsett Isolation Hospital, on July 29th. She was employed at a blouse
warehouse in Moorfields, and went to, and returned from, her work daily,
by taking a bus to Aldgate and walking through Houndsditch. She had no
connection with our district except parsing through it along the Mile End
Road in a motor bus.
The third case, H. S., aged 16, lived at Cobb Street, but developed the
disease while he was away on holiday at Southend. He went to Southend
on July 22nd, he fell ill on the 24th, the rash appearing on the 26th, and
he was removed to the Isolation Hospital on the 30th.