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The cases were distributed as follows:—
St. James St. High St. Hoe St. Wood St. Northern. Total.
17. 20. 23. 13. 16. 89.
No death occurred in the St. James Street Ward, two occurred in
High Street, 5 in Hoe Street, 3 in Wood Street, and 3 in the Northern
Ward.
The death rate for Typhoid in your district was .12 per 1,000 compared
with T3 for England and Wales, and .15 for the "76 great towns."
One person in every 1,150 of the population contracted Typhoid, and
one person in every seven attacked died.
The provision of Isolation Hospital accommodation for Typhoid
cases seems to me to be worthy of serious consideration now that many
general hospitals are refusing admission to such patients.
SUMMER DIARRHCEA—EPIDEMIC OR
ZYMOTIC ENTERITIS.
Under this heading 28 deaths occurred during the year, 21 being
under one year and four between 1 and 5 years.
This number represents the smallest fatality occurring from this
disease at any time in your district.
To the very wet summer we experienced this low mortality is mainly
attributable.
Under the heading Infantile Mortality Rate, page 14, the history of
Dr. Thresh's efforts with the co-operation of Mr. Buxton and the
various Authorities, will be found what action has been and is proposed
to be taken in the checking of Diarrhœa in children under one year of
age.
The special efforts of former years by the distribution of leaflets on
Infant Feeding and the prevention of Summer Diarrhoea, and object
lessons by the lady teachers of our numerous schools on milk as a food,
were repeated in the early summer. What good these effect is difficult
to measure, but that they are steps in the right direction I have no
doubt.