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Typhoid Fever. There were 14 cases of Typhoid Fever notified
during the year, 5 being in East Greenwich, 4 in West Greenwich,
4 in Charlton and 1 in Kidbrooke. The ages of the patients were:
3 between one and five; 6 between five and fifteen years; 1 between
fifteen and twenty-five years and 1 between twenty-five and fortyfive,
one between forty-five and sixty-five and one over 65 years.
Of the total number of cases, 10 were removed to the Hospital for
treatment. Twenty-five such cases occurred in 1915, 17 in 1914
and 6 in 1913; the average number for the years 1901 to 1915 inclusive
being 31.
There were six fatalities from this disease during the year,
one in East Greenwich, four in West Greenwioh and one in Eidbrooke.
Eight specimens were forwarded for bacteriological examination
from cases suspeoted to be Typhoid Fever in character,and all were
positive.
Puerperal Fever. Six cases of this disease were notified
during the year, 5 in East Greenwich and one in Charlton.
There were 4 cases in 1915 and 4 in 1914; 3 of these patients
were removed to Hospital.
Measles. One thousand three hundred and seventy eight cases
were notified by school teachers and others during the year, as
compared with 971 during the previous year, and 962, 344 and 565
in the years 1914, 1513 and 1913 respectively.
The ages and incidence of fatality of the disease were as follows:-
There were 63b cases under five years of age, amongst whom
there were 43 deaths, giving a case mortality of 6.7 per cent.
Between the ages of five to fifteen years there were 615, with 5
deaths at this age period, giving a case mortality of 0.81 per cent.
Tne case mortality for tne wnole distriot works out at 3.4 per
cent.

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