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diphtheria and diphtheritic membranous croup.
Two hundred and eighty-two cases were reported as
due to diphtheria or diphtheritic membranous croup,
against 322 cases in the previous year. Sixty-five cases
reported last year were treated in Isolation Hospitals,
63 at the Western District Hospital at Fulham, 1 at
the North-Western Hospital, Haverstock Hill, and 1 at
the South-Western Hospital, Stockwell. Two cases were
treated at the West London Hospital, 1 at the Fulham
Union Infirmary, 1 at St. Mary's Hospital, Paddington,
and 213 at the homes of the patients. The mortality rate
on the cases reported was 1086 per cent.
whooping cough.
Fifty-one cases were reported last year as due to
whooping-cough, against 53 cases in the previous year.
All of the cases reported last year were treated at home,
and were not reported until after death. As this is not a
notifiable disease it is not worth while giving the
mortality rate on the cases reported.
enteric fever.
Sixty-eight cases were reported last year as due to
enteric fever, against 46 cases in the previous year.
Thirteen of the cases reported last year were treated at the
Western District Isolation Hospital at Fulham, 2 at the
Fulham Union Infirmary, 2 at University College
Hospital, one at the West London Hospital, and 50 at
the homes of the patients. The mortality rate on the
cases reported was 2206 per cent.
simple continued fever.
Four cases were reported last year as due to simple
continued fever, against 8 cases in the previous year.
The 4 cases reported last year were treated at the homes
of the patients. The mortality rate on the cases reported
was 50.00 per cent.
relapsing fever.
No case of relapsing fever was reported last year,
against no case in the previous year.
puerperal fever.
Nineteen cases of puerperal fever were reported last
year, against 6 cases in the previous year. Of the 19
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