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1.7 per 1000 persons living1 and were equal to 8.3 per cent of the
deaths registered. The deaths from whooping cough in all London
were equivalent to an annual rate of 12 per 1000 persons living
and were equal to 5.6 per cent of the total deaths registered. There
was a great increase in the number of deaths from this disease not
only in this district but in all London. There were registered in
London 4647 deaths last year against 19G1 in the year previous.
In all of the cases in which death occurred in this district last year
strict enquiries were made as to the sanitary conditions of the
houses in which the patients had resided, and where sanitary
defects were found to exist the owners or occupiers of the premises
were called upon to remedy them.
Typhus Fever.
No death was registered from typhus fever in this district last
year, and only one (in the parish of Hammersmith) in the previous
year. The deaths from typhus fever in all London last year were
equivalent to an annual rate of 0.1 per 1000 persons living andjwere
equal to .06 per cent of the total deaths registered.
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.
There were 31 cases of enteric fever reported last year of which
there were nine in the parish of Fulliam, and 22 in the parish of
Hammersmith, against 33 in the previous year of which there were
13 in the parish of Fulham, and 20 in the parish of Hammersmith.
There were 26 deaths registered from this disease in this district
last year. These deaths were equal to an annual rate of .2 per
1000 persons living, and were equal to 10 per cent of the total
deaths registered. The deaths from this disease in all London
were equal to an annual rate of .2 per 1000 persons living, and
were equal to 1.2 percent of the total deaths registered. Of the
cases reported in this district last year 24 were not reported till
after the death of the patients. Two cases were removed to the
Stockwell Fever Hospital by your Board, 4 cases were too bad to
be removed ; and one case was not reported until after the recovery
of the patient. In all of the cases reported last year a most careful
system of disinfection was carried out by your officers, and in
every case the sanitary condition of the dwelling where the patient
resided was carefully examined, and where sanitary defects were
found to exist the owner or occupier of the house was called upon
to remedy them.
Measles.
During last year 69 cases of measles were reported, 26 in the
parish of Fullham and 43 in the parish of Hammersmith, against 63
cases reported in the previous year, of which there were 25 in the
parish of Fulham and 38 in the parish of Hammersmith. These
cases only represent a small proportion of the number of cases
which actually occurred, as information of only 5 cases was obtained
in which death did not take place. 64 deaths were registered.
These deaths were equal to an annual rate of .5 per 1000 persons