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Typhoid Fever. There were 44 cases of Typhoid Fever
notified during the year, 25 being in East Greenwich, 10 in West
Greenwich, 1 in St. Nicholas, and 8 in Charlton. The ages of the
patients being 2 between one and five years, 14 between five and
fifteen years, 12 between fifteen and twenty-five years, and 16 over
twenty-five years of age. Of the total number, 36 were removed
to the Hospital for treatment; there was one fatality from this
disease during the year.
Four of the cases which were removed to the Hospital for
treatment were afterwards discharged as not suffering from the
disease as notified, the illness being ascribed as follows:—Lobar
Pneumonia, Diarrhoea, Septicaemia and undiagnosed, one case each.
In all fairness to the Medical men certifying these cases, it must
be stated that this alteration of the diagnosis was only made in
some cases after very long intervals, during which the patient had
been under observation and treatment in the Hospital. Of this
total number of Typhoid cases, one found, when enquiring into
the history, that 14 had at some period within the incubation
period of the disease been taking fish, in many cases fried fish, or
shell fish such as mussels, cockles, and oysters.
Further particulars respecting these cases are appended:—