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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
ENTERIC FEVER.
70 cases of Enteric Fever were notified during the year, 16 from
Clapham, four from Putney, 19 from Streatham, two from Tooting,
and 29 from Wandsworth.
32 of the cases were removed to Hospital, where seven died,
and 38 were treated at home, with four deaths.
The total number of deaths was 11, compared with 19 in 1903,
and 30 in 1902. It is also 13.7 under the corrected decennial
average.
The proportion of cases notified per 1,000 of population was 27
per 1,000, compared with .41 in 1903 and with .41 for the whole of
London.
The case mortality was 157 per cent. for this Borough and 15.1
per cent. for the whole of London.
The corrected death-rate from fever was .04 per 1,000, compared
with .07 in 1903 and .I2 in 1902.
The death-rate from fever for all London was 06 per 1,000,
compared with .08 in 1903.
The death-rate from this disease in the separate sub-districts
was as follows:— Clapham 05, Putney .11, Streatham .01, Tooting no
deaths, and Wandsworth .05 per 1,000.
Of the 32 cases removed to hospital eight were found not to be
suffering from the disease.
The Chart shows the number of cases notified during each week,
the maximum number being notified during the second week of
September.
Special inquiry was made this year also into the causation of
the disease, but it was most difficult in the majority of the cases to
get exact information as to the habits of the patients. So long a
period elapses between the time when the infection is contracted and
the time when inquiries are made that unless something special