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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
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Tooting, and 17 from Wandsworth), compared with 48 in 1914,
50 in 1913, and 71 in 1912, and is 22 under the corrected decennial
average.
30 of the cases were removed to hospital where five died, and
20 were treated at home with one death.
The total number of deaths was six, two in Streatham, two in
Tooting, and two in Wandsworth, compared with five in 1914, five
in 1913, and eight in 1912.
The number of deaths was one more than in 1914, and is 2.9
under the decennial average.
The proportion of cases notified per 1,000 of population was
.15 compared with .14 in 1914, .15 in 1913, and .22 in 1912, and with
.14 for the whole of London.
The corrected death.rate from Fever was .018 per 1,000
compared with .015 in 1914, .015 in 1913, and .02 in 1912; while the
rate for the whole of London was -026 compared with *03 in 1914,
.02 in 1913, and .025 in 1912.
Of the 30 cases removed to hospital, 10 or 33.3 per cent, were
found not to be suffering from Enteric Fever, compared with 33.3
per cent, in 1914.
The Chart (facing page 42) shows the number of cases notified
during each week of the year.
In 20 of the weeks during the year no cases were notified, one
case each in 17 of the weeks, two cases each in 13 of the weeks,
three cases in one of the weeks, and five cases in one of the
weeks. The maximum number of cases, viz.—five, was notified
in the fourth week of February.
Of the 50 cases notified 10 were not Enteric Fever, seven
occurred in the Middlesex County Asylum, and one in H.M. Prison,
leaving 32 cases in which special inquiries were made as to the
probable cause of the disease.