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Small-pox. Cerebro-Spinal Fever.
Cholera. Plague.
Diphtheria. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Membranous Croup. Tuberculosis.
Erysipelas. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Scarlatina or Acute Primary Pneumonia.
Scarlet Fever. Dysentery (including amoebic
Typhus Fever. and bacillary dysentery).
Typhoid Fever. Malaria,
Enteric Fever. Trench Fever.
Relapsing Fever. Acute Poliomyelitis.
Continued Fever. Acute Polio-encephalitis.
Puerperal Fever. Acute Encephalitis Lethargica.
Table II. shows the number of cases of infectious disease
notified during 1920, arranged according to age and distributed
in wards. Of these, 262 occurred in institutions as follows :—
Claybury Mental Hospital:—
Enteric Fever 3 cases.
Pneumonia 26 ,,
Dysentery 41 ,,
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 8 ,,
78 „
West Ham Mental Hospital:—
Dysentery 18 cases.
Dr. Barnardo's Village Homes:—
Scarlet Fever 62 cases.
Diphtheria 81 „
Pneumonia 3 ,,
Erysipelas 4 ,,
Pulmonary Tuberculosis 6 ,,
Tuberculosis—other forms 10 ,,
166 ,,
Of the cases notified, exclusive of those from Public Institutions,
the following table shows the percentage removed to the
Isolation Hospitals:—
Small-pox 100.0
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup 90.2
Scarlet Fever 89.3
Enteric Fever Nil.
Erysipelas Nil.
Puerperal Fever 20.0
Ophthalmia Neonatorum Nil.
Pneumonia 6.6
Cerebro-Spinal Fever 100.0
Encephalitis Lethargica Nil.