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sons living. The deaths from typhus fever in all London were equivalent
to an annual rate of 0.0l per 1000 persons living, and were
equal to 0 07 per cent, of the total deaths registered.
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.
There were 39 cases of enteric fever reported last year, of which
there were 17 in the parish of Fulham, and 22 in the parish of Hammersmith,
against 31 in the previous year, of which there were 9 in
the parish of Fulham, and 22 in the parish of Hammersmith. There
were 28 deaths registered from this disease in this district last year.
These deaths were equal to an annual rate of 0.20 per 1000 persons
living, and were equal to 1.07 per cent, of the total deaths registered.
The deaths from this disease in all London were equal to an annual
rate of 0.24 per 1000 persons living, and were equal to 1.16 per cent,
of the total deaths registered. Of the cases reported in this district
last year 28 were not reported till after the death of the patients.
Two cases were removed to the Western-District Hospital by your
Board; one case was removed by the Fulham Board of Guardians to
the Fulham Union. In three instances the offer to remove the
patients to an hospital was refused, and 4 cases were not reported till
after the recovery of the patients.
Measles.
During last year 54 cases of measles were reported in this district,
23 in the parish of Fulham, and 31 in the parish of Hammersmith,
against 69 cases reported in the previous year, ol which there were 26
in the parish of Fulham, and 43 in the parish of Hammersmith. There
were 50 deaths registered from this disease in the whole district.
These deaths were equal to an annual rate of 0 36 per 1000 persons
living, and were equivalent to 1.92 per cent, of the total deaths registered.
The deaths from this disease in all London were equal to an
annual rate of 0.61 per 1000 persons living, and were equivalent to
3.00 per cent, of the total deaths registered, 3 cases were not reported
till after the recovery of the patients, and one cases was removed by
and at the expense of your Board to the Islington Fever Hospital.
Simple Continued Fever.
There were 4 cases of simple continued fever reported last year, all of
which occurred in the parish of Hammersmith, against 3 cases in the
previous year, which also occurred in the parish of Hammersmith.
All 4 of the cases last year were reported in the death returns. These
deaths were equal to an annual rate of 0'03 per 1000 persons living, and
were equivalent to 0.15 per cent, of the total deaths registered. The
deaths from this disease inall London were equal to an annual rate of 0.02
per 1000 persons living, and were equivalent to 0.10 per cent, of the
total deaths registered. In all of the cases reported a careful system