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at home.Thirty one were not reported until after
death. Thirty one deaths were registered. As this is
not a notifiable disease it is of no use my giving the
mortality rate on the cases reported, as doubtless a very
large number of cases occurred which were not known
of in your Public Health Department.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Fifty eight cases were reported as due to enteric
fever, against 49 in the previous year. Thirty two of
the cases reported last year were treated at the
Isolation Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.
Ten deaths were registered The mortality rate on the
cases reported was 17'2 per cent.
TYPHUS FEVER.
No case was reported as due to typhus fever,
against no case in the previous year.
SIMPLE CONTINUED FEVER.
One case was reported as due to simple continued
fever, against no case in the previous year. The case
reported last year was treated at the home of the
patient and recovered.
RELAPSING FEVER.
No case was reported as due to relapsing fever,
against no case in the previous year.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Six cases were reported as due to puerperal fever,
against 7 cases in the previous year. Five of the cases
reported last year were treated at the homes of the
patients. One case was treated at the Fulham Infirmary.
Five deaths were registered. The mortality
on the cases reported was 83.3 per cent.