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Among the 166 patients removed to hospital, 35
deaths occurred, equal to a fatality of 21.0 per cent.,
and among the 92 treated at home, 29, equal to a fatality
of 31.5 per cent. In 1897 the fatality in the former
group was 17.9 and in the latter 24.1. It should be
noted that among the patients kept at home there were
many cases which terminated fatally on the day of
notification, and some fatal a day or more earlier.

The deaths recorded in 1898 from this disease
were 2 above the decennial average, and that for the
five years 1888-92, and one above that for 1893-97.
The mortality (0.13) was 0.0l above the decennial
mean. In North Paddington 12 deaths were recorded,
as compared with averages of 9 and 12 in the two
quinquennia 1888-92 and 1893-97 respectively, and
of 10 in the decennium. The mortality was 0.12, as
compared with a mean rate of 0.11. In South
Paddington 5 deaths were recorded, equal to the
average for the ten years, one less than the average
for 1888-92, and one above that for 1893-97. The
mortality (0.14) was equal to the mean rate.
*"Fever"—includes Typhus Fever (no death for many years), Enteric
Fever (17 deaths), and Simple Continued Fever (no death in 1898).