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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
ENTERIC FEVER.
96 cases of Enteric Fever were notified during the year—17 from
Clapham, seven from Putney, 16 from Streatham, 12 from Tooting,
and 44 from Wandsworth—compared with a total of 74 in 1904.
53 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—one in Clapham, one in
Putney, two in Streatham, one in Tooting, and six in Wandsworth—
compared with 11 in 1904 and 19 in 1903. It is also 13.8 under the
corrected decennial average.
The proportion of cases notified per 1,000 of population was .33
compared with .27 in 1904 and .41 in 1903, and with .33 for the whole
of London.
The case mortality was 11.4 per cent. for this Borough, and 15.8
for the whole of London.
The corrected death-rate from fever was .04 per 1,000, compared
with .04 in 1904, and .07 in 1903; while the rate for all London was
.05, compared with .06 in 1904, and .08 in 1903.
The death-rate in the separate sub-districts was as follows:—
Clapham .01, Putney.03, Streatham .02, Tooting .04, and Wandsworth
.07 per 1,000.
Of the 58 cases removed to hospital, 15 were found not to be
suffering from Enteric Fever.
The chart shows the number of cases notified during each week
of the year.
Special enquiry was made in every case to ascertain if any
definite cause could be discovered, and in 40 of the 81 actual known
cases some probable cause of infection was found, the details of which
are as follows:—
In 12 the infection was probably due to eating shellfish, in five to
watercress, in 10 the disease was ccyitracted outside the Borough (two
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