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WHOOPING COUGH.
Of the 109 deaths from whooping cough, there were 56 in
the Parish of Hammersmith and 53 in the Parish of Fulham.
TYPHUS FEVER.
Of the three deaths registered from typhus fever, two were
found on inquiries not to be typhus, and the third was that of a
non-parishioner. The patient had been removed from some other
district to the Fulham Small-Pox Hospital, under the supposition
that he was suffering from variola.
enteric or typhoid fever.
Of the 25 deaths registered from enteric fever there were 13
in the Parish of Hammersmith and 12 in the Parish of Fulham.
These cases mostly occurred from untrapped drains the result
of negligence, or from contaminated water, owing to the waste
pipe being in direct communication with the sewer gases. It is
very seldom that information is obtained of these cases, except
through the death returns. Where death had taken place,
immediate sanitary precautions were adopted, but, of course,
the injury is done in most cases before they are reported to your
Inspectors. It would be of great advantage if these cases
were properly isolated; for, although the disease is not very
infectious, still without an amount of sanitary precaution, such
as is seldom adopted in private houses, the drains are apt to
become infected, and thereby produce again the complaint
in other houses.
simple continued fever.
Of the seven deaths registered as simple continued fever,
there were three in the Parish of Hammersmith and four in
the Parish of Fulham. Diseases registered under the above
title take place from a variety of causes, but of course we
would expect them to occur from a vitiated atmosphere.
I IARRHŒA.
Of the 110 deaths from diarrhoea there were 75 in the
Parish of Hammersmith and 62 in the Parish of Fulham.
The mortality from this cause was very excessive, owing, no
doubt, to the warm summer. most of the cases were those of
young children, but a few were those of aged persons.
English cholera.
Of the six deaths registered as English cholera, two took
place in the Parish of Hammersmith and four in the Parish of