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SCARLET FEVER.
Of the 82 cases of scarlet fever reported, 38 were removed to
hospital ; six were not reported until after death and the others
were treated at their own homes.
DIPHTHERIA.
Of the 12 cases of this disease which were reported, 8 died, of
these 6 were not reported until after death. In one case the
disease would appear to have been contracted in Hampshire. The
other cases I consider due to the defective drainage of the houses,
caused by stoppages or defects in the drain pipes.
WHOOPING COUGH.
Of the 17 cases of this disease, none were reported until after
death.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Of the 16 cases, 3 were not reported until death; of the remaining
13, 7 were removed to hospital.
DIARRHCEA.
All the cases of this disease were of children, and were not
reported until after death. 67 out of the 81 deaths occurred in
the quarter ended September 30th, 1886.
CHOLERA.
Two cases were certified as dying from cholera, both occurring
during the September quarter
These were cases generally known as English Cholera, or
Choleraic Diarrhoea.
PUERPERAL PERITONITIS.
Two cases of death from this cause were reported; in both
cases precautions were taken to prevent the spread of the disease.
NUISANCES.—GUERRIER NUISANCE.
The action taken by your Vestry in this case, although nominally
lost, through a technical mistake, was virtually a success, as
it led to the Metropolitan Board of Works taking up the case,
with the result that the works have to be closed by the 27th
April, 1887.
The greater part of the machinery has already been removed.