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Two outbreaks, viz.: that in July, among the children
attending Halford Board School, and that among children
attending Hugon Road School in December, were apparently
due to a child attending school when suffering from the
disease in an unrecognised form.
Prevalence of Diphtheria in Fulham.
Diphtheria, though not so fatal as in 1894, was more
prevalent in Fulham than in the Metropolis as a whole, the
rate of incidence per 1,000 inhabitants being 3.4 as compared
with 25 for London. The rate was also in excess of
that of the neighbouring parishes, but it may be remarked
that it was slightly below that of Chelsea, if the outlying
portion of that parish, Kensal Town, be excluded, the rate
for Chelsea Home District being 3.5. The death-rate from
Diphtheria was for Fulham, 07, and for London, 0.5.
The following table gives the rate of incidence of
Diphtheria in Fulham, London, and adjoining parishes for
the past five years:—
Rate per i,ooo Inhabitants
1891 1892 1893 1894 1895
Fulham 71 1.03 2.21 3.15 3.4
London 1.42 1.85 3.02 2.44 2.45
Hammersmith 2.92 2.75 2.65 1.74 1.83
Chelsea 1.8o 1.74 2.31 2.56 3.3
Kensington 1.11 1.04 2.14 1.61 2.18
Enteric or Typhoid Fever.
Fifty-seven cases were notified, the numbers for the
three preceding years being 41, 58 and 37, and the disease
was the cause of 12 deaths, the case mortality being 21 per
cent. In at least 12 cases the disease was contracted
outside the parish.
The death-rate in Fulham from Enteric Fever was the
same as that of London, viz.: 0.1 per 1,000.
Continued Fever.
Three cases were notified, one of which proved fatal.