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Hammersmith 1897
Twelfth annual report to 25th March, 1898...
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PUERPERAL FEVER.
Eight cases were reported as due to puerperal fever
against 8 cases in the previous year. One of the cases
reported last year was treated at the West London
Hospital, and 7 at the homes of the patients. The
mortality on the cases reported was 25.0 per cent.
CHOLERA.
One case was reported as due to cholera against
no case in the previous year. Enquires were made
and from the evidence obtained it was clear that it was
only a case of summer diarrhœa.
ERYSIPELAS.
Ninety-three cases were reported last year as due to
erysipelas, against 121 cases in the previous year. Of
the 93 cases reported last year 14 were treated at the
Fulham Union Infirmary, and 79 at the homes of the
patients. The mortality rate on the cases reported was
1.1 per cent.
TABLE IV. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 13 zymotic diseases during the years 1888 to 1897.
| Year. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | English Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Chicken-pox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *1888 | ||||||||||||||
| *1889 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | ||||||||||||||
| 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| 1 |
*These statistics must not be taken as a true comparison, as the Infectious
Diseases Notification Act, 1889, only came into force October 31st, 1889.