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1922]
30
Typhus Fever.— No case was notified.
Puerperal Fever.-See page 17.
Erysipelas.—132 cases were notified, or 60 below the average 192 of the preceding
ten years, the attack-rate being 0.39 per 1,000 of the civil population, as compared with
0 43 in London and 0 52 in the Encircling Boroughs.
FATALITY FROM THE EIGHT PRINCIPAL NOTIFIABLE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
By " Fatality " is meant the percentage proportion of deaths to attacks of sickness.
During the year it was found that of the 2,787 cases notified, 102 deaths occurred, or
3.7 per cent., which contrasts with an average percentage of 4.5 in the preceding ten years
1912 21.
Years. Cases. Deaths. Fatality.
1912 1,577 62 3.9
1913 2,171 76 3.5
1914 2,947 113 3.8
1915 2,210 118 5.3
1916 1,439 87 6.0
1917 1,251 55 4.4
1918 1,125 67 6.0
1919 1,993 96 4.8
1920 2,870 173 6.0
1921 4,344 146 3.3
Mean 2,191 99 4.5
1922 2,787 102 3.7
Hospital Isolation.—Of the 2,787 cases of infectious diseases notified, 2,621 were
isolated in hospital, or a percentage of 94.0, while only 6 per cent. of the patients, therefore
were nursed at home. With one exception this is the highest number on record.
The following tabular statement shows the number of cases treated in the various
public institutions:
Year.
Cases treated in
Hospital.
Percentage of
cases treated.
1912
1,577
84.1
1913
1,866
85.9
1914
2,543
86.3
1915
1,991
90.1
1916
1,269
90.0
1917
1,099
87.8
1918
982
87.1
1919
1,772
88.9
1920
2,642
92.0
1921
4,117
94.8
1922
2,621
94.0
DISEASES TREATED IN HOSPITAL.
Disease.
Total cases.
Cases isolated.
Percentage of
known cases.
Scarlet Fever
1,496
1,432
95.7
Diphtheria
1,130
1,109
98.1
Enteric Fever
9
8
88.9
Erysipelas
132
58
43.9
Puerperal Fever
20
14
70.0
2,787
2,621
94.0