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Report ot the Medical Officer of Health.
The total number of deaths was seven (three in Clapham, one
in Putney, two in Streatham, none in Tooting, and one in Wandsworth),
compared with 10 in 1907, 15 in 1906, 11 in 1905, and 11
in 1904.
The number of deaths was three less than in 1907, and 15*1
under the decennial average.
The proportion of cases notified per 1,000 of population was
18, compared with .21 in 1907, .30 in 1906, and .33 in 1905, and
with .28 for the whole of London.
The corrected death-rate from Fever was '02 per 1,000, compared
with .03 in 1907, .048 in 1906, .04 in 1905, and .04 in 1904,
while the rate for the whole of London was '04, compared with .04
in 1907, .05 in 1906, .05 in 1905, and .06 in 1904.
Of the 43 cases removed to hospital, 13 or 30 per cent, were
found not to be suffering from Enteric Fever, compared with 23.3
per cent, in 1907.
The Chart shows the number of cases notified during the year.
In 20 of the weeks during the year no cases were notified, one
-case each in 13 of the weeks, two cases each in 15 of the weeks,
three cases each in three of the weeks, and four cases each in two
of the weeks.
Of the 60 cases notified, 14 were not Enteric Fever, 13 being
hospital cases, and one treated at home, while one was notified
from the Prison, leaving 45 cases in which special inquiries were
made as to the probable cause of the disease.
In 11 of the cases the disease was in all probability contracted
by eating shell-fish, in eight it was contracted outside the Borough
(one in Ireland, one in Manchester, one in Devonport, one abroad,
one in Ramsgate, and three in other places), in two the infection
was contracted from other cases, in one probably from watercress,
while in 24 no history of infection could be ascertained.
With regard to the 11 cases caused by shell-fish, three were
from oysters, five from mussels, and three from winkles.