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reported last year were treated at the Isolation Hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Eleven deaths
were registered. The mortality rate on the cases
reported was 22.4 per cent.
TYPHUS FEVER.
No case was reported as due to typhus fever,
against no case in the previous year.
SIMPLE CONTINUED FEVER.
No case was reported as due to simple continued
fever, against 2 cases in the previous year.
RELAPSING FEVER.
No case was reported as due to relapsing fever,
against no case in the previous year.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Seven cases were reported as due to puerperal fever,
against 3 cases in the previous year. Six of the cases
reported last year were treated at the homes of the
patients. One case was treated at the Fulham
Infirmary. Two deaths were registered. The mortality
on the cases reported was 28'6 per cent.
CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera, against no
case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
One hundred and ten cases were reported last year
as due to erysipelas, against 115 cases in the previous
year. Six deaths were registered. The mortality rate
on the cases reported was 5.15 per cent.