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Hammersmith Infirmary, 2 at the West London Hospital,
1 at St. Mary's Hospital, and 5 at the homes of
the patients. Three deaths were registered. The
mortality rate on the cases reported was 21.4 per cent.
During the year one order on the Lister Institute
of Preventive Medicine, with voidal outfit, was supplied
to a medical practitioner attending a suspected case of
enteric fever.
TYPHUS FEVER.
No case was reported as due to typhus fever,
against no case in the previous year.
SIMPLE CONTINUED FEVER.
No case was reported as due to simple continued
fever, against no case in the previous year.
RELAPSING FEVER.
No case was reported as due to relapsing fever,
against no case in the previous year.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Seven cases were reported as due to puerperal
fever, against 8 cases in the previous year. Four of
the cases reported last year were treated at the homes
of the patients, and 3 at the Hammersmith Infirmary.
Three deaths were registered. The mortality rate on
the cases reported was 42.8 per cent.
CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera, against
no case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
One hundred and two cases were reported last
year as due to erysipelas, against 98 cases in the
previous year. Seventy-three cases were treated at the
homes of the patients, 26 at the Hammersmith Infirmary,
1 at the West London Hospital, 1 at Kensington
Infirmary, and 1 at a Private Nursing Home. Seven
deaths were registered. The mortality rate on the
cases reported was 6.8 per cent.