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gratis, to houses in which actual or suspected cases of infectious disease
exist, on application at any of the three undermentioned places before
10.30 on any morning except Sunday.
1.—The Council's Depot, Clyde Road.
2.—Coombes Croft House, 712 High Road.
3.—St. Ann's Fire Station, Minster Road.
DIPHTHERIA.
Hospital Cases:—Five children, in-patients of General Hospitals,
were found during the early part of the year to have contracted
Diphtheria.
One child had been discharged from M.A.B. Hospital less than
three months previously to re-admission for same complaint; and another
child, discharged from hospital after recovery from Scarlet Fever, was
returned within a month suffering from Diphtheria.
Cases traced to sources outside Tottenham:—There were three
instances in which the patients were definitely ascertained to have
contracted the disease elsewhere, and developed symptoms in Tottenham.
Contacts with Tottenham cases:—Infection was traced five times
to other patients in the district known to be suffering from Diphtheria.
Six children attending school were found to have the Diphtheria bacilli
in throat or nose, and were notified by your School Medical Officers.
Hospital Staff:—Five members of the North-Eastern M.A.B.
Hospital Staff contracted Diphtheria.
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The number of cases of Diphtheria in 1914 was 354, and the
number of deaths 37.
The rate of incidence of Diphtheria, or the number of persons
attacked per 1,000 of the population was 2.36.
The death rate from Diphtheria (i.e. the deaths per 1,000 of
the population) was .247, or .083 greater than in 1913.
The fatality rate (i.e. the percentage of deaths amongst those
attacked) was 10.4. In 1913 it was 9.3.