Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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TABLE XVII.
1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | Mean of 10 years 1904-13. | 1914 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baron's Court Ward | 10 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 15 | 5 | 13 | 12 |
Lillie Ward | 13 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 17 | 18 | 23 |
Walham Ward | 10 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 29 | 19 | 19 | 13 |
Margravine Ward | 21 | 22 | 40 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 10 | 17 | 25 | 21 |
Munster Ward .. | 24 | 17 | 24 | 38 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 19 | 16 | 23 | 21 |
Hurlingham Ward | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 8 | 22 | 22 | 10 |
Sands End Ward | 34 | 22 | 36 | 68 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 14 | 26 | 30 | 14 |
Town Ward | 13 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 6 | 15 | 14 |
The Borough | 20 | 18 | 23 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 15 | 17 | 21 | 17 |
The County of London | 16 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 15 | 20 |
Enteric Fever.
40 persons were notified as suffering from enteric
fever and one case of enteric fever was notified as
continued fever, representing an attack rate of 2.6
per 10,000 inhabitants, the decennial average being 2.9
per 10,000. There were 9 deaths and deducting 6 cases
of which the diagnosis was not confirmed, the case
mortality was 26 per cent.
One patient had been employed at Eastbourne, as
masseur to a gentleman who had suffered from typhoid
two years before, and it was stated that the masseur who
preceded him had also contracted typhoid. On my
communicating with the Medical Officer of Health for
Eastbourne, the employer was examined and found to
be a "carrier," the bacillus typhosus being isolated from
his excreta.