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Medical Officers of Health Annual Report.
roll of six, compared with 12 in the previous year.
This shows a total case mortality of 10 per cent., while
in 1894 this was 10.9. The cases treated at home show
a smaller case mortality than those treated in hospital.
That school attendance still plays an important part in
the spread of diphtheria is shown in the following
table:—
Number of Cases of Diphtheria notified with Number of Deaths.
Under 1 1 to 5. 5 to 15. 15 upwards.
Cases. 0 19 21 20
Deaths. 0 6 0 0
Membranous
Croup.
Eleven notifications were received, and five
deaths resulted, a percentage of 45.4.
Here the larger number of cases occurred under
five years of age, and all the deaths were of children
under that age.
Number of Cases of Membranous Croup notified with Number
of Deaths.
Under 1. 1 to 5. 5 to 15. 15 upwards.
Cases. 3 3 4 1
Deaths. 2 3 0 0
The total case mortality for diphtheria and membranous
croup was 15.5 per cent. Last year this was
17 per cent., while for the whole of London this percentage
was nearly 20.4 for the year 1895.
Enteric Fever.
47 cases were notified, an increase of six as
compared with 1894. Of these 21 were notified in the
first quarter of the year. This increase was common all
over the Metropolis, and the mnjority of cases were in
adults engaged in business in other parts of London.
Many of the cases were due to eating of food contami-