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ENTERIC OR TYPHOID FEVER.
Fifty-three cases were notified, the numbers for the three preceding
years being 58, 37 and 57, and the disease was the cause of 9 deaths, the
case mortality being 15.7 per cent.
The death-rate from Enteric Fever was in Fulham 0.08, in London 0.13,
in Kensington 0.09, in Chelsea 0.10 and in Hammersmith 0.12.
CONTINUED FEVER.
Five certificates were received respecting persons alleged to be
suffering from Continued Fever.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Nine cases were notified of which 3 proved fatal, being in the proportion
of 0.7 deaths to 1000 births.
CHOLERA.
Two persons were certified as suffering from Cholera, but in neither
case was there any reason to believe that the disease was other than what is
known as English Cholera.
ERYSIPELAS.
Ninety-nine cases of this disease were notified, and it was the cause of
5 deaths.
Deaths from Non-Notifiable Zymotic Diseases.
MEASLES.
This disease was epidemic in the Metropolis during the early months of
the year, and was the cause of 101 deaths in Fulham, the average number
allowing for the increase of population for the preceding 10 years being
113.