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was not sufficient to stop the disease from breaking out from time to
time in different parts of the district.
The following table shows the number of cases of scarlet fever that
were reported in each parish of the Fulham district duriog each of the
twelve months of the year, 1883, also the number of cases treated at
hospitals, and those treated at the homes of the patients:—
Parish of Hammersmith.
Parish of Fulham.
Month.
Treated at
a Hospital
Treated at
Home.
Totals.
Treated at
a Hospital
Treated at
Home.
Totals.
Grand
Total.
January
0
8
8
0
10
10
18
February
0
4
4
1
11
12
16
March
3
8
11
1
3
4
15
April
3
11
14
1
1
2
16
May
0
5
5
1
2
3
8
June
0
2
2
0
0
0
2
July
3
3
6
0
3
3
9
August
1
1
2
2
8
10
12
September
1
3
4
23
4
27
31
October
4
9
13
2
1
3
16
November
1
10
11
0
2
2
13
December
8
4
12
2
2
4
16
Total in the year
24
68
92
33
47
80
172
The above table shows that the greatest number of cases occurred in
the second half of the year, there being 75 cases in the first six months,
and 97 in the second. This is the reverse of what generally occurs in
the case of smallpox. Smallpox, when epidemic is nearly always more
prevalent in the tirst half the year. Scarlet fever generally attacks
more persons in the second half of the year.
The following table shows the number of cases of scarlet fever reported
in each parish of the Fulham district during the year, 1883;
the date when each case was reported, the localities where they
occurred; the number of cases in each street, and the number of infected
houses.