View report page

110
expect to find a greater proportion of cases occurring in the
Parish of Fulham than in the Parish of Hammersmith.
The 108 cases which were reported last year occurred in 76
houses in 46 streets. In 58 streets the outbreak was confined to
one house in each street; 44 cases occurred singly in different
houses in different streets. In 8 streets there was more than one
house infected in each street: thus in one street there were 4
houses infected, and in 7 streets two houses were infected in each
street. In 61 houses (out of the total of 76) there was only one
case in each house. In 15 houses there was more than one case
in each house : thus in one house there were 7 cases, in another 5
cases, in 7 houses there were 3 cases in each house, and in 5
houses there were 2 cases in each house. Of the 108 persons
attacked by the disease 105 had been once vaccinated, 3 had
never been vaccinated. In no case was any evidence obtained
that the patient had been re-vaccinated. The ages varied from
2 months to 59 years. The average age was 233 years. The
social positions of the patients were as follows:—1 coachman, 1
wife of a coachman, 8 labourers, 5 wives of labourers, 4 daughters
of labourers, 5 sons of labourers, 1 barman, 1 saddler, 1 bricklayer,
1 builder, 1 wife of a builder, 2 daughters of a builder, 1 carpenter,
3 wives of carpenters, 2 sons of carpenters, 2 coal porters, 1 wife
of a coal porter, 1 blacksmith, 2 daughters of blacksmiths, 1 shop
assistant, 2 clerks, I lapidary, 3 sons of a lapidary, 1 daughter of
a lapidary, 1 cigar dealer, 1 mason, 1 son of a mason, 4 female
domestic servants, 1 engine driver, 3 sons of barristers, 1 daughter
of a barrister, 2 daughters of railway guards, 2 stokers, 1 wife of a
stoker, 2 daughters of stokers, 1 milliner, 1 wife of a painter,
3 sons of painters, 2 daughters of painters, 1 turncock, 2 sons of
turncocks, 1 platelayer, 1 butcher, 1 wife of a butcher, 1 railway
porter, 1 daughter of a cabdriver, 2 plasterers, 1 tailor, 1 wife of
a feather dyer, 2 sons of feather dyers, 1 ironmonger's fitter, 1 son
of an ironmonger's fitter, 1 night watchman, 1 wife of a house
decorator, 1 carman, 1 wife of a gentlemen, 1 omnibus driver, 1
omnibus conductor, 1 wife of a gasfitter, 1 postman, 1 son of a
dentist, 1 wife of a book-keeper, 3 sons of an engineer, 1 daughter
of an engineer, and 1 plumber.
The total number of deaths of parishioners of this District
was 17, this gives a mortality rate of 157 per cent. of the cases
reported. Making an allowance of 62 for the cases that were
concealed and never reported, the mortality rate would, as is usual
in this complaint, be about 10 per cent. of the actual number of persons
who were attacked by the disease. Of the total cases reported
94 were treated at hospitals and properly isolated, and 14