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Typhoid Fever.—The three cases of this fever were
notified during the months of July, August and September.
Two of the persons affected lived in Willow Street, where the
drainage is apt to become defective at times from partial blockage
of the sewer. In one of these cases, however, the patient had
recently returned from a visit at Southend, where she had
partaken of oysters. In the High Street case, which terminated
fatally 48 hours after notification, the mouth of the soil-pipe
ventilator was in close proximity to the bedroom window of the
patient. This defect was subsequently remedied.
Measles.—The National and Infant Schools were closed
for three weeks on May 10th on account of Measles. No deaths,
however, resulted from this disease.
Whooping Cough. — This complaint was prevalent
during the month of May, but caused no fatalities.
Diarrhoea.—Three infants succumbed to this malady in
September.
Influenza.—Three deaths from Influenza were registered
during the months of February, March and August, but the
cases that occurred of this disease seem to have been of a
sporadic rather than an epidemic type.
Isolation Hospital.
Four persons suffering from Scarlet Fever and one from
Diphtheria were removed to the Epping Isolation Hospital
during the course of the year, where they all recovered. The