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typhoid fever.
The number of cases notified during the year was 79, and the
number last year 89. The deaths from Typhoid Fever were only
9 this year, and 18 last year. Even in this small number of deaths,
one is justified in saying that the whole of them were not Enteric
cases. In the cases removed to the Asylums Board Hospitals,
it is a fact that 31 per cent. of them were found not to be suffering
from that disease, and with greater force it may be permitted to be
said that an equal error was present in those treated at home.
For instance, some of the cases notified, after the lapse of a week
or two, were certified to be quite well which could scarcely have
been the case had the disease been of the true kind.
In no case could the disease be in any way connected with the
Maidstone Epidemic, and in only two cases could the disease be
said to be due with almost certainty to oysters.
Deaths from Typhoid Fever during the last ten years—
1888 12 1893 13
1889 22 1894 14
1890 18 1895 15
1891 12 1896 18
1892 10 1897 9
The annual rate per 1,000 living was .07.
Of the 79 cases notified, 40 were removed to hospitals of the
Asylums Board, with 2 deaths : a mortality 5 per cent.
39 were treated at home and in General Hospitals, with 7
deaths : a mortality of 17 .9 deaths.
whooping cough.
The deaths from this disease during the year were 82. The
number last year was 66.
Deaths from Whooping Cough during the last ten years—
1888 74 1893 109
1889 72 1894 75
1890 87 1895 72
1891 115 1896 66
1892 93 1897 82
The annual rate per 1,000 living was .67.