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occurred. All bedding, wearing apparel, &c., is
taken to the Isolation Hospital and disinfected there
in one of Dr. Thresh's portable steam disinfectors.
Notices of all cases of infectious disease are sent to
the School Managers, and in the case of Small-pox
to the Vaccination Officer.
Notification of Diseases—108.
Scarlet Fever
SmaIl=Pox.—No Case.
There were 119 cases of Scarlet Fever notified
and three deaths. Twenty-five of the cases were
at the Thurrocks and occurred at different times.
Forty-nine of the cases occurred at Tilbury Docks.
Six at the Ockendons. Eighteen at Aveley and
Stifford. Six at Stanford-le-Hope. Five at Mucking
and Corringham. One at Horndon-ou-the-Hill
and nine at Orsett, six being in one house all at
the same time. The disease was everywhere of a
very mild type.
Diphtheria
There were 16 cases of Diphtheria notified and
three deaths. Nine cases at Chadwell-St.-Mary
(Docks), one death. Two at South and North
Ockendon. One at Mucking and Corringham.
Two at the Thurrocks, one death. One at Horndon-on-the-Hill,
one death. One at Orsett.
Membranous
Croup
No cases notified.
Typhoid Fever
There were 7 cases of Typhoid Fever notified
and one death. Three were in the Thurrocks, 110
death. Two of the cases were at Tilbury Docks,
no death. One case at Stanford-le-Hope, one death.
One case at Aveley, no death.