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All the cases of Small-pox which have occurred in Fulham
have been removed to the hospital ships.
Continued Fever.—Two cases were notified as Continued Fever.
Typhus Fever.—No case of Typhus Fever has been notified in
Fulham since 1893.
Erysipelas.—154 persons were certified to be suffering from
Erysipelas, which was the assigned cause of 13 deaths.
Puerperal Fever.—Nine cases or two per 1,000 births were
notified, of which three or 67 per 1,000 births proved fatal. In
addition to the disinfection of the bedding, &c., and of the houses
in which cases occur, the clothing of the nurses who have attended
the cases is always disinfected, and explicit instructions are given
to them respecting the thorough disinfection of their persons
before undertaking other cases. That the mere lapse of time
affords no security is shown by the following case.
In December, a woman died from Puerperal Septicaemia,
in the Western Fever Hospital, to which she had been removed,
having been certified to be suffering from Scarlet Fever. Five
months afterwards her sister-in-law, residing in another part of
the borough, was notified as suffering from Puerperal Fever, and
died on the 5th day after confinement. It was ascertained that
some of the clothing and linen, which had been used by the first
patient, had been given to her sister-at-law, without, it would
appear, having been given up to be disinfected with the bedding,
&c.; and as no other source of infection was in any degree probable,
there is the strongest presumption that the infection was
conveyed by the linen.
Deaths from Non-notifiable Zymotic Diseases.
Measles.—The usual biennial epidemic of Measles which
commenced in November, 1899, continued for the first three
months of 1900, during which period there were GO deaths, and
during the year 80 deaths were ascribed to the disease.
The fatality of Measles in the various wards of the Borough
will be seen in Table XI.