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Fifty-one cases were treated at various institutions.
All cases were made the subject of enquiry by your lady
Sanitary Inspector or Health Visitors, and in many cases it
was found necessary to arrange for a nurse to visit and attend
to the wants of the patients. This was done by arrangement
with the Hammersmith District Nursing Association.
One hundred and thirty-four deaths were registered.
From the above figures it may be assumed that a good many
cases have occurred, of which no information has been received
by your Public Health Department.
Malaria.—No case was reported, against one case in the
previous year.
Dysentery.—One case of Dysentery was reported, against
one case in the previous year. The case was treated at the
Isolation Hospital of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Trench Fever.—No case of Trench Fever was reported,
against no case in the previous year.
Influenza.—During the year thirty-four deaths from
Influenza occurred, as compared with fifty-six in the previous
year.
Wrong Diagnosis.—Sixty-eight cases of infectious disease
were removed to the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board and subsequently returned home in consequence of the
patients being found not to be suffering from the disease
stated on the certificates, or any other notifiable disease.
Diphtheria 31
Scarlet Fever 27
Measles 6
Enteric Fever 2
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis 1
Encephalitis Lethargica 1
Total... 68
Cleansing of Verminous Persons.—The Medicinal Baths in
Scotts Road, Shepherd's Bush, provide for the treatment of
cases of Scabies, Impetigo and the cleansing of verminous
persons, etc.
Negotiations were completed and arrangements made with
the London County Council for the cleansing of school
children to commence as and from the 1st April, 1924.