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"Fever."*
Cases reported 1899, 98; 1898, 76; 1897, 45
Deaths „ 10; „ 17; 7
Fatality „ 102; „ 22.6; „ 15.5
Mortality „ 0.08; „ 0.13; „ 0.05
Although more cases of enteric fever were reported
during the last year than in 1898, the deaths
were fewer, and the fatality less than one half, being
the lowest for any of the three years tabulated above.
The mortality rate for the Parish (0.08) was one third
less than the mean rates for the decennium and two
quinquennia (in this case the three being the same,
viz. 0.12). In North Paddington the mortality was
0.09, a figure a little under the mean rates, viz. 0.11
for the decennium and 0.10 and 0.12 for the first and
second quinquennia respectively, while in South
Paddington last year's rate (0.03) was only a fraction
of the mean-rates 0.15, 0.16 and 0.13 for the corresponding
periods. The deaths recorded during the year
compare equally favourably with the corrected averages.
(See Table 18.)
Last year's rate for the whole Parish (0.08) was
below the rate for any year since 1889, except that of
1892 and 1897, when it was 0.06 on each occasion.
In North Paddington rates below that for last year
(0.09) were recorded in 1890 (0.06), 1892 (0.08), and
* Locally this means enteric fever, elsewhere a few deaths from other
forms of fever may be included.