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Enteric Fever. Only one non-fatal case of this disease was
notified, as against 2 in 1909.
The patient was a young lady who arrived at Southampton from
Madeira on February 5th, and was notified as suffering from Enteric
Fever on the 18th of that month ; her maid also developed the disease
in another district. They undoubtedly contracted the disease at
Madeira, where there was an extensive water-produced epidemic at
that time.
No cases of Puerperal Fever were notified.
Tuberculosis caused 3 deaths during the year, all of which
were certified as being due to that form of the disease known as
Phthisis (consumption of the lungs). The rate for all forms of the
disease will, therefore, be the same as the Phthisis death-rate,
0.35 per 1,000 of population.
The death-rate in this District from all forms of the disease in
1909 was 0.97 and the Phthisis death-rate 0.72 per 1,000 of population,
as compared with rates of 1.52 and 1.08 for England and Wales
in that year. The comparative figures for 1910 are not yet available.
Under the voluntary system of notification adopted in this District,
two notifications were received by me—one in July from
Whitehorse Hill of an aged female, which terminated fatally; and
one in September at Kemnal Road, also an adult female.
No notifications were forwarded to me under the Public Health
(Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1908, under which all cases of Phthisis
occurring among poor persons are compulsorily notifiable.
Disinfection of premises is carried out in notified cases and
papers of instructions and advice given to those in charge of
patients. The same procedure is adopted after all deaths, of which
I keep the Sanitary Inspector informed, obtaining the necessary
information from the death returns.