View report page

20
Of the 36 cases, 2 were subsequently certified by the Medical
Superintendents of the Fever Hospitals to which they were removed,
not to be suffering from Enteric Fever. In 12 cases (33.3 per cent.)
the infection of the disease was in all probability acquired outside the
Borough—in most of them outside London. In two cases the infection
would appear to have been taken in Paris; in two other cases whilst
away hop-picking; and in a third case the infection was probably
contracted from eating cockles and oysters at Southend-on-Sea.
Prevalence of Scarlet Fever, Diphtheria, and Enteric Fever, in
West London.
The following Table is based upon the notified cases of scarlet
fever, diphtheria and membranous croup, and enteric fever, respectively,
in each of the six boroughs constituting West London, the rates being
calculated upon the estimated population of each district.

The Chelsea case-rates do not compare so favourably with the
other boroughs as in 1901, when Chelsea was remarkably free from
infectious diseases. The Borough of Fulham again has a comparatively
high case-rate from diphtheria--3 times that recorded for Kensington—
and its scarlet fever case-rate for 1902 also heads the list. The West
London Boroughs again show a lesser prevalence of notifiable infectious
disease than London as a whole.
Case Mortality.—The Table shows the case mortality, or per centage
of deaths to notifications of scarlet fever, diphtheria (including membranous
croup), and enteric fever in Chelsea and in London, in each of
the 13 years, 1890-1902.