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adjacent to the Borough. The only article of diet common to
most cases which gave rise to suspicion was imported fruit, but
no verification was possible. A special report was submitted,
in response to a request from the Ministry of Health, in February,
1937.
Erysipelas.
Fifty-three notifications received, 25 removed to hospital, and
there were no deaths.
Dysentery.
Three cases were notified, 2 from general hospitals and one
within the district, which proved positive upon bacteriological
examination.
Puerperal Fever.
Five cases notified, all received hospital treatment, and none
died.
Puerperal Pyrexia.
Seven notifications received, three were admitted to hospital;
no deaths occurred.
Notes.
Diphtheria.
One hundred and thirty-eight cases admitted to Infectious Diseases
Hospital; 149 cases received hospital treatment. The reason for this
difference is that notifications were received from various London hospitals,
and in 11 instances the patients were treated in L.C.C. institutions.
Deaths from Diphtheria.
Hospital report states 5, the Registrar General gives 3, which gives
a case mortality of 2.01 for 149 cases, whereas hospital records 5 deaths
for 138 patients admitted and a case mortality of 3.6 per cent. Of the
5 deaths in the Infectious Diseases Hospital, one was a West Ham
case and the other from Aldersbrook Homes—both outward transferable
deaths.