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had visited both Gases 2 and 3 at the Infirmary and had
subsequently suffered from illness associated with pains in the
limbs which she considered rheumatic, but which may have
been anomalous typhus. The two rooms occupied by the
family are damp, and their circumstances extremely precarious,
the only income for some time being 6s. per week earned by
Mrs. H., in sewing for neighbours. The family occupying the
first floor, consisting of three adults and seven children, were
not attacked. Sanitary Notices to execute repairs at both
Smith Street and Poplar Street were served after disinfection.
Case 6. G. D., boy aged 11 years, of 30, Sidney Street,
was attacked on 21st March, admitted to Plaistow Fever
Hospital on 2.5th March and notified on the following day.
The only defect found in these premises was a foul W.C. pan.
The house and contents were clean, the employment of the
family good, food plentiful, no overcrowding existed, and the
patient's movements prior to his illness offered no explanation
to his attack.
Case 7. S. A., aged 37 years, of 8, Sabberton Street,
husband of Case 4, was admitted, with his children, to the
Infirmary on 28th March and notified on 1st April. His date
of attack is given as 22nd March, but he appears to have been
ailing before this.
Case 8. C. A., boy aged 4, son of Case 7, admitted to the
Infirmary with his father.
Measles.—This disease was dealt with very freely in the Annual
Report for 1908. The number of cases reported by the School
Attendance Officers was normal during 1910 until nearly the end of the
year, when the disease assumed epidemic prevalence; 799 cases were
reported more than half of which occurred during the last two