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No. 6. The Grange—Attributed to eating oysters a Burham.
The drains of the house were found to be very old
fashioned and defective and steps are being taken to
put them right.
„ 7. North Park—Said to be due to eating oysters in the
City. No defects in drains.
„ 8. Court Yard—Said to be due to eating oysters in
Ireland. No defects in drains.
„ 9. Eltham Road—Also attributed to eating oysters. Not
due to drains.
„ 10. Eltham Road.—Came into the district from Ealing
with the disease upon him.
The friends of No. 2 would not allow him to be removed to
Hospital. If this had been done promptly, the other three cases
in Pelham Terrace would not, in all probability, have occurred.
Erysipelas.
8. 13 cases were notified; but fortunately none of them were
of a serious nature. It was not possible to connect them with
any insanitary surroundings of the patients.
Puerperal Fever.
9. Two cases were reported, neither of which was due to
defective drainage. In one case a woman gave birth to a
decomposed fœtus, which caused blood-poisoning, and death.
The other was attributed to contagion, but recovered.