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due to failure of disinfection processes after the earlier.
In 5 instances the illness of the first patient was not
diagnosed until made plain by the occurrence of the
subsequent cases.
Of the 303 cases, 243 were removed to hospital,
equal to 76.8 per cent., as compared with 77.3 per
cent, in 1897, 76.8 in 1896, 65.3 in 1895, and 82.3 in
1894. Of the patients under five years of age, 82.5
per cent. went to hospital, and of those over 5 years
of age, 79.3. Of the cases in North Paddington 81.4
per cent, were removed, and of those in South, 74.0.

As already mentioned, this was the only disease
of which the cases notified were in excess of the
corrected annual average. The total for the year,
(76), was 31 in excess of that for 1897, and the
highest recorded since the commencement of notification.
As will be seen from Table 7, there was more
enteric fever in all the districts mentioned than in
1897, and of the rates prevailing in those district?,
that for Paddington was fourth in order of descending
magnitude. In the Metropolis there were 3,087
cases recorded, being 396 less than the annual
* Throughout this Report, unless otherwise stated, cases reported as
Continued Fever are included under this heading.