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100
1903
Fatality.—By this is meant the percentage of deaths to cases. In
proportion to the cases the deaths were fewer than hitherto known, for out of
a total of 1,707 cases there were only 108 deaths, or a fatality of 6.3 per cent.
The lowest fatality previously recorded was 7.1 per cent. in 1898, while the
average fatality for thirteen years was 8'9 per cent.
Years.
1891
1892
1893
1894
1895
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
Cases.
2,059
3.318
4.853
3.121
2,841
3,822
2,906
2,418
2.943
2,276
2,852
3,167
1,707
Deaths.
258
291
383
339
266
390
258
173
238
202
250
268
108
Fatality.
12.5
8.7
7.9
10.8
9.3
10.2
8.8
7.1
8.1
8.8
8.7
8.4
6.3
Total
38,283
3,424
8.9
Hospital Isolation.—Out of 1,709 cases (2 of which were not notified)
1,241, or 72.6 per cent., were removed to hospital, of whom 69, or 5.5 per cent.,
died, as against 6.3 per cent. of the cases retained for treatment at home.
SMALL POX.
There were only 9 cases reported during the year, 1 of which was notified
in June, 3 in July, 1 in August, 1 in September, and 3 in November, compared
with 276 in the previous year, and with a corrected average of 63 in the ten
years 1893-1902.
Three of the attacks occurred in Tufnell Sub-district, 1 in Upper Holloway,
2 in Lower Holloway, and 3 in Islington South-East.
In London 416 cases were known, and these equalled an attack-rate of
0.09 per 1,000 of the population as against 0.03 in this borough. In
Westminster, Lambeth, and Battersea the greatest incidence of the disease was
felt, the attack-rates being respectively 0.25, 0.24, and 0.21 per 1,000 of their
populations.