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1903] 112
TYPHUS.
No case was notified, although 22 cases occurred in the Metropolis, of
which 16 were credited to Bermondsey, 1 case to Paddington, 2 to Bethnal
Green, and 1 to Stepney.
ERYSIPELAS.
Erysipelas was responsible for 227 cases, which is a decrease of 142 on the
corrected average of the preceding ten years. It was also the smallest number
hitherto recorded in a year. On only three occasions during the twelvemonths
did the notifications exceed the weekly decennial average, namely in the 3rd,
13th and 24th weeks.
The attack-rate was 0.67 per 1,000, or 0.42 below the mean rate 1893-1902,
and as compared with 0.95 per 1,000 in London, and 1.00 in the Encircling
Boroughs.
Hospital Isolation.—Only 34 cases, nearly all of which occurred in
hospitals, were isolated, or 15 per cent., as against 193, or 85 per cent., that
remained at home.
Fatality.—There were 9 deaths, which were equal to a rate of 3.9
per cent.