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RELAPSING FEVER.
No case was reported as due to relapsing fever,
against no case in the previous year.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Seven cases were reported as due to puerperal
fever, against 3 cases in the previous year. Four of
the cases reported last year were treated at the home
of the patients, 2 of the cases were treated at the
•Hammersmith Infirmary and 1 at the Samaritan Free
Hospital. Two deaths were registered. The mortality
rate on the cases reported was 28.6 per cent.
CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera, against
no case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
Ninety-nine cases were reported last year as due
to erysipelas, against 97 cases in the previous year.
Seventy-eight cases were treated at the homes of the
patients, 19 at the Hammersmith Infirmary, 1 at the
West London Hospital, and 1 at St. Mary's Hospital.
Five deaths were registered. The mortality rate on the
cases reported was 5.1 per cent.
PLAGUE.
No case was reported as due to plague, against
no case in the previous year.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
Three cases were reported as due to cerebro-spinal
fever, against one case in the previous year. One case