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SCARLET FEVER.
Twenty-two cases of this disease have been reported, three only of which
have been admitted for treatment into the Port Sanitary Hospital.
Fifteen cases were reported from training ships, three were convalescent on
arrival in the Port, and one was isolated at own residence.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Forty-four cases have been reported during the half-year. Of these, twentyfour
have been under treatment in the Port Sanitary Hospital. Two have
occurred on training ships, while sixteen were notified from the Seamen's
Hospital, and two from other hospitals.
DIPHTHERIA.
Fourteen cases have been notified during the half-year.
One was admitted to the Port Sanitary Hospital, one was an inmate of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospital, and one was convalescent on arrival
in the Port.
Eleven cases were from the training ship " Warspite,'' being a small
outbreak traceable to a boy who was ailing with sore throat, &c., when the
vessel was lying at Charlton, and was taken on board when she was moved
to Greenhithe, and in all probability infected the subsequent cases.
During the past few years at Charlton, where the water was often in a more
or less offensive condition, the boys suffered to a large extent from sore throat
and tonsillitis. This condition has almost ceased since the removal of the
vessel to the more salubrious region of Greenhithe.