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The foregoing table shows that 56 cases were treated at hospitals,
and 116 at the residences of the patients. Of the cases in the parish
of Fulham, 32 occurred within half-a-mile radius of the Metropolitan
Asylum Board's Fever Hospital at Fulham, while 48 occurred outside
a half-mile radius of the Hospital.
Western District Hospital.
During last year the Metropolitan Asylum Board's hospital at
Fulham was used for the reception of scarlet fever, typhus fever, and
enteric fever cases. The cases of typhus fever were removed there by
mistake, but were the following day re-moved to the South-Western
District Hospital at Fulham.
The Metropolitan Asylum Board has established an Ambulance
Station at the Fulham Hospital. A wharf station has also been
established for the conveyance of cases of smallpox up the River
Thames to the hospital ships.
Diphtheria.
There were 17 cases of diphtheria reported last year, 9 in the parish
of Fulham, and 8 in the parish of Hammersmith, against 29 cases in
the previous year, of which there were 14 in the parish of Fulham, and
15 in the parish of Hammersmith. All of the cases last year were
first reported in the death returns. The deaths from diphtheria in
this district were equivalent to an annual rate of 0.12 per 1000 persons
living, and were equal to 0.64 per cent. of the total deaths registered.
The deaths from diphtheria in all London were equivalent to an