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77
Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
Enteric Fever.
48 cases of Enteric Fever were notified during the year, (five
from Clapham, five from Putney, 12 from Streatham, five from
Tooting, and 21 from Wandsworth), compared with 50 in 1913, 71
in 1912, and 58 in 1911, and is 30 under the corrected decennial
average.
30 of the cases were removed to hospital where five died, and
18 were treated at home with no death.
The total number of deaths was five, one in Clapham, one in
Putney, one in Streatham, and two in Wandsworth, compared with
five in 1913, eight in 1912, and nine in 1911.
The number of deaths was the same as in 1913, and is 5.26
under the decennial average.
The proportion of cases notified per 1,000 of population was
.14, compared with 15 in 1913, -22 in 1912, and -18 in 1911, and with
.17 for the whole of London.
The corrected death-rate from Fever was -015 per 1,000
compared with .015 in 1913, .02 in 1912, and .03 in 1911 ; while the
rate for the whole of London was .03, compared with 02 in 1913,
•025 in 1912, and .03 in 1911.
Of the 30 cases removed to hospital, 10 or 33.3 per cent, were
found not to be suffering from Enteric Fever, compared with 18 per
cent, in 1913.
The Chart (facing page 60), shows the number of cases notified
during each week of the year.
In 21 of the weeks during the year no cases were notified, one
case each in 20 of the weeks, two cases each in eight of the weeks,
three cases each in two of the weeks, and four cases in one of the
weeks. The maximum number of cases, viz.—four, was notified
in the second week of January.