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enteric fever. 17
Of the 629 reported cases 605 (including 38 errors of diagnosis) were removed to
hospital, equal to 96.1 per cent, of all notified cases, as compared with an average
percentage of 91.0 during the preceding five years. (Table 14). All the cases reported
from Lancaster Gate, East Ward and all, save one, from Church were removed.
After correcting the notifications for errors of diagnosis and deducting deaths among
such, the fatality was at the rate of 2.2 per cent. last year, or 0'2 less than the mean rate for
1904-08. The whole of the deaths occurred in hospital, the fatality among hospital
cases being 2.2 per cent.
Last year the crude mortality was 0.09 per 1,000 persons, 0.02 above the mean rate
(Table 14), which rate was exceeded only by those of Westminster (O'll) and Willesden
(0.10) (Table 10). The local corrected mortality rate (Table 15) was O'll, and was
exceeded by the rate in Westminster (0.15) only. In Paddington, Westminster, and
Willesden last year's corrected rates exceeded the means.

ENTERIC FEVER.
During the past year 29 cases were reported as "enteric fever" and none as " continued
fever." In 1908 the total number of cases was 32, and in each of the years 1907 and 1906,35;
the annual average for the five years 1904-08 being 39. Last year's morbidity rate was 0.19
per 1,030, or 0 08 less than the rate for 1903 and the mean for the quinquennium 1901-08Lower
rates were recorded last year (Table 5) in Westminster (0.14), Marylebone and
Hampstead (0.16 in each). In Kensington alone was last year's rate in excess of the
quinquennial mean.
. In these reports " continued fever " is considered to be but a synonym of enteric fever, and the numbers of
cases of "enteric fever" include cases reported under the other designation.