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In the preceding five years the death-rate in Woolwich was
0 01 and in London 0.03.
47. The following are the cases notified in each parish
during the past fifteen years :—

In my last Annual Report a full account was given of a mild
outbreak of enteric occurring in December-January, 1914-15.
10 of the cases occurred before February 2nd. Of the 13
cases which have occurred since that date, 6 were soldiers,
all of whom contracted the infection outside the Borough,
either at the Front or at other Camps ; 3 were probably infected
at the seaside, viz., at Bournemouth, Weymouth and
Southend respectively (the latter had oysters at Southend) ;
1 in Hertfordshire ; 1 boy had partaken of cockles. The 2
remaining cases were a policeman and a boy for whom no
source of infection was discovered.
Of the 31 cases notified, 27 were removed to a Fever Hospital
and 8 were reported as mistaken diagnosis.
A report was made on the prevention of fly-carried infection
of enteric fever (see Zymotic Enteritis).
48. Bacteriological Diagnosis. 20 samples of blood were
sent to the Seamen's Hospital to be examined for Widal's
reaction. A positive result was obtained in 11.
DIARRHOEA OR ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS.
49. The deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis under two
years of age were 30, or 10.7 per 1,000 births, compared with