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68. Bacteriological Diagnosis.—Blood serum from 23 cases
of suspected Enteric Fever was submitted to the Lister
Institute for the application of the Widal reaction, compared
with 27 and 30 cases in the two previous years. A positive
result was obtained in 9 cases, and a negative in 14.
69. Twenty-seven cases were removed to the Fever Hospital
and 5 or 18 per cent. were found to be a mistaken diagnosis,
compared with 12 and 14 per cent. in the two previous years.
70. Diarrhœl Diseases.—The deaths from Diarrhcea,
Dysentery and Epidemic or Zymotic Enteritis, numbered 44,
or 0.36 per 1,000 population, compared with 0 82 and 0.48 in
the two preceding years. The rate for London County was
063.
There were in addition 15 deaths from Enteritis and GastroEnteritis,
making a total of 59 deaths, probably due to the
same disease under different names.
71. Of the above 59 deaths, 41 were under one year of age.
The following table shews the death rate from these diseases
per 1,000 births in each Ward and Parish in the past three
years:—