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9
Membranous Croup.
No case of Membranous Croup was reported during the
year, but there were five deaths from Croup, which were not
notified as Membranous Croup.
Typhus Fever.
No case was reported during the year.
Erysipelas
The number of deaths from Erysipelas was 11; 103 cases
were notified and 29 were removed to various general
Hospitals and Infirmaries. This is a great increase, on the
previous year when there were only 78 cases notified and no
deaths. 46 occurred in Limehouse, 30 in Ratcliff and 27 in
Shadwell and Wapping.
Puerperal Fever.
Two cases were notified but neither proved fatal. Both
occurred in Limehouse.
Enteric Fever.
The number of deaths was 7, the average annual number
for the preceding 10 years was 9.3. 67 cases were notified and
51 removed to Hospital. 39 occurred in Limehouse, 17 in
Ratcliff and 11 in Shadwell and Wapping. This is a great improvement
on the previous year, when there were 130 cases
notified with 21 deaths. It is very difficult to trace the origin
of Enteric Fever, partly on account of the long Incubation
period (from 10 to 21 days), and partly on account of the
gradual onset of the disease, the patient being unable to state
definitely when he began to feel ill. In all probability though,
the increased number in 1899, occurring as it did in the fourth
quarter, and following the drought in that summer, was due to
to the imperfect filtration of the water. The Death rate was
.11 per thousand of the population.