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months after admission, he was found to be suffering from Smallpox.
I further learnt that a man about that time (February) had
been admitted into the Cleveland Street Asylum suffering from
supposed Erys'pelas, which later on proved to be Small-pox; this
man infected several of the inmates of the Asylum along with the
case notified to me. The man from Bear Street was removed from
Cleveland Street Asylum to the Small-pox Hospital Ship, "Castalia,"
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board, where he subsequently
died of the disease. The other notified case occurred in Long Acre,
was removed to hospital and recovered.
Measles.'—One death was due to this complaint.
Scarlet Fever.—No death was recorded as occurring in the
Parish, but two parishioners died from this malady in the Hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
The number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified during the
year was 44, against 71 of the previous year, 1896.
Diphtheria.—Eight deaths from this disease occurred in the
Charing Cross Hospital, of which two were parishioners, and one
in Whitcomb Street, making a total of three to the credit of St.
Martin's. A female, a non-parishioner, also died in the parish of
Diphtheria as she was being conveyed to the Charing Cross
Hospital.
Whooping Cough.—Three deaths occurred in the parish from
this complaint, also two parishioners in hospitals outside the
parish, making, in all, 5 for the year.
Typhoid Fever.—Seven deaths were recorded from this
disease, all of which occurred in the Charing Cross Hospital, and
only one of that number was a parishioner.
Typhus Fever.—No death was recorded from this malady.
Puerperal Fever.—One death was recorded from this disease.