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of disinfection was carried out by your Board, and the houses where
the patients had resided were carefully inspected.
Diarrhœa.
Of the 130 deaths from diarrhoea reported last year, 75 took place in
the parish of Fulhatn, and 55 in the parish of Hammersmith, against
72 in the previous year, of which there were 25 in the parish of Fulham,
and 47 in the parish of Hammersmith. These deaths last year
were equal to an annual rate of 0'94 per 1000 persons living, and were
equivalent to 498 per cent, of the total deaths registered. The deaths
from diarrhœa in all London were equal to 0.68 per 1000 persons living,
and were equivalent to 3.28 per cent, of the total deaths registered.
In all of the cases reported last year, the houses where the patients
had resided were carefully inspected, and where unsanitary conditions
existed, the owner of the premises was called upon to remedy them.
English Cholera.
Of the 5 deaths registered, as from English Cholera last year, 3
occurred in the parish of Fulhatn, and 2 in the parish of Hammersmith,
agaiDst 2 cases in the previous year, both of which occurred in the
parish of Fulham. These deaths last year were equal to an annual
rate of 0.03 per 1000 persous living, and were equivalent to 0.19 per
cent, of the total deaths registered. The deaths from English Cholera
in all London were equal to an annual rate of 0 02 per 1000 persons
living, and were equivalent to 010 per cent, of the total deaths registered.
In every case which occurred in this district last year the
sanitary state of the house where the patient had resided was enquired
into. During last year a Bill was passed "The Disease Prevention
(Metropolis) Act, 1883." The chief object of the Bill is to make
further provision for the treatment of Cholera and other infectious
diseases in case of necessity.
Puerperal Fever.
Two deaths occurred from puerperal fever last year, both cases
occurred in the parish of Hammersmith. The rooms where the
patients had been treated were thoroughly disinfected, and the nurses
who attended the patients in their confinements were prohibited from
attending any case for a period of one month, from the day they left
the houses where the patients had died.
Violent Deaths.
There were 88 deaths from violence, of which there were 31 in
the parish of Fulham, and 57 in the parish of Hammersmith,
against 83 in the previous year, of which there were 22 in the parish
of Fulham, and 61 in the parish of Hammersmith. The existence of a
public hospital in the latter parish accounts in a great measure for the
difference in the number of these deaths in the two parishes.