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Finsbury 1909
Report on the public health of Finsbury 1909 including annual report on factories and workshops
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ENTERIC FEVER.
The number of cases notified during the year was 15, with 3
deaths.
The numbers in previous years are given in the accompanying table:—
| Year. | No. of Cases Notified. | No. of Deaths. | Case Mortality. No. of Deaths (per 100 cases notified.) | No. of Cases per 10,000 of Population. | No. of Deaths per 10,000 of Population. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1901 | 65 | 11 | 16.9 | 6.4 | 1.1 |
| 1902 | 77 | 9 | 11.7 | 7.6 | 0.9 |
| 1903 | 47 | 11 | 23.4 | 4.7 | 1.1 |
| 1904 | 40 | 8 | 20.0 | 4.0 | 0.8 |
| i905 | 42 | 9 | 21.4 | 4.3 | 0.9 |
| 1906 | 44 | 14 | 31.8 | 4.4 | 1.4 |
| 1907 | 22 | 2 | 21.0 | 2.2 | 0.2 |
| 1908 | 41 | 12 | 29.2 | 4.3 | 1.2 |
| 1909 | 15 | 3 | 200 | 1.5 | 0.3 |
This year there has been a substantial diminution in the number
of cases notified and in the number of deaths due to typhoid fever
The number of cases is less than it has been in the 8 preceding
years, the number of deaths is less than it has been since 1901,
save in the year 1907.
The deaths occurred in a child aged 3, and in two females, aged
25 and 23 years.
Source.—The presumed source was in one instance an attack
of Typhoid Fever in one parent many years previously—for it is
now well recognised that a patient who has had Typhoid Fever
may remain infectious for many years after the attack. Four cases
occurred in this family.
In two other cases the infection was from recent cases in the
same family. In 3 patients suspicion was directed to mussels,
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