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sore throat, however mild, should be rigorously excluded
from attending school.
There were 7 65 diphtheria patients treated at the Asylums
Board Hospitals; 275 died, showing a mortality of 40.7
per cent.
5. Whooping Cough (decennial average 29.1)—The 17
deaths of children from this disease were considerably below
the ten years' average.
6. Fever (includes Enteric or Typhoid, Typhus, and
simple continued or ill-defined Fever), (decennial average
12.4).—The District was free from typhus, and no death
was returned from any ill-defined form of fever. There
were 8 deaths from enteric fever, and only two cases of
illness from it removed to the Hospitals of the Asylums
Board.
The deaths from enteric fever in the Metropolis were the
lowest as yet recorded; of the 341 patients treated at the
Asylums Board Fever Hospitals, 41 died, showing a mortality
of 15.2 per cent.
The Medical Inspector of the Local Government Board, in
his report as to a slight outbreak of the disease in the Westend
of the Metropolis, in the early part of July, refers to
complaints of the sewer ventilators and road gullies, and to
the fact that through the absence of rain, the traps of many
of the road gullies dried up, and allowed the exit of sewer
gas close to the pavement.
Whether this outbreak was attributable to foul smells
from the sewers or not, there can be but little doubt of the
desirability of frequently flushing the sewers during periods
of the hot and dry weather. Attention should also be given
to the frequent removal of stable manure and accumulations.