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typhus fever.
No case of typhus fever was reported last year against 36 in
the previous year, of which 31 occurred in the Parish of Hammersmith
and 5 in the Parish of Fulham. The deaths from typhus
fever in London were equal to 0 03 per cent of the total deaths
registered and were quivalent to an annual rate of 0 008 deaths
per 1000 persons living.
enteric fever.
There were 38 cases of enteric or typhoid fever reported last
year of which 14 occurred in the Parish of Fulham and 24 in the
Parish of Hammersmith, against 39 in the previous year of which
there were 17 in the Parish of Fulham and 22 in the Parish of
Hammersmith. 15 deaths of parishioners of this District occurred
last year, these deaths were equal to an annual rate of 0.05 per
cent of the total deaths registered and were equivalent to an
annual rate of 0.11 deaths per 1000 persons living. The deaths
last year from enteric fever in London were equal to an annual
rate of 1.13 per cent of the total deaths registered and were equivalent
to 0.23 deaths per 1000 persons living. Of the 38 cases of
enteric fever which occurred in this District last year 19 were not
reported until after the death of the patients, 2 cases were not reported
until after the recovery of the patients and 2 cases were
removed to the Western District Hospital by your Board. One
case was removed to the Western District Hospital by the Fulham
Board of Guardians, 9 cases were removed to the West London
Hospital and one case was removed to St. George's Hospital by
the relatives of the patient. In one case an offer made by your
inspector to remove the patient to an hospital was refused.
measles.
During last year 218 cases of measles were reported in this
District of which 195 occurred in the Parish of Fulham and 23 in
the Parish of Hammersmith, against 54 cases reported in the
previous year of which there were 23 in the Parish of Fulham and
31 in the Parishof Hammersmith. There were 97 deaths of parishioners
of this District during last year. These deaths were equal to
3.62 per cent of the total deaths of parishioners registered and
were equivalent to an annual rate of 0.69 deaths per 1000 persons
living. The deaths last year from measles in London were
equal to 275 per cent of the total deaths registered and were
equivalent to an annual rate of 0 56 deaths per 1000 persons living.
None of the cases which occurred last year were reported
until after the death or recovery of the patients. Most of the
cases which were reported last year occurred in the neighbourhood
of the Harwood Road Board School. At my request the