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The following table shows the comparative prevalence of the
disease in the several wards of the Borough and in the County of
London during the past nine years.
TABLE XIX.
Number of cases of Diphtheria notified per 10,000 of the
population.
1896
1897
1898
1899
1900
1901
1902
1903
Mean of
8 years,
1896-1903.
1904
Barons Court Ward
13
17
26
26
21
29
22
9
20.4
9.6
Lillie „
30
28
36
36
43
58
23
23
34.7
12.8
Walham „
24
38
44
40
29
36
17
29
32 2
9.7
Margravine „
27
21
41
41
45
40
23
15
31.7
20.8
Munster „
46
33
40
49
62
58
48
15
43.9
24.0
Hurlingham „
12
28
44
51
18
40
19
27
29.9
20.0
Sands End „
64
75
43
49
77
48
36
31
53.0
33.6
Town „
15
11
34
35
36
39
16
17
25.4
12.6
The Borough
30
32
38
40
47
43
30
20 |
32.5
19.8
The County of London
31
38
26 !
30
26
27
24
17
27.4
15.5
Enteric Fever.
39 cases of Enteric Fever were notified, or 2.6 per 10,000
inhabitants, the average for the preceding 10 years being 5.8 per
10,000.
Of those certified to be suffering from the disease, 29, or 77
per cent., were removed to hospital for treatment. In six instances
the disease was contracted outside the district, and in two cases
there were strong grounds for suspecting shell-fish as the origin of
the infection.
Fatality.—Six cases proved fatal, giving a case mortality of
15.4 per cent.