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Fifty deaths occurred from Diphtheria, equal to an annual
death-rate of 017 per 1,000, the average death-rate during the past
10 years being 0.34 per 1,000. The fatality or ratio of deaths to
attacks was 14 per cent., while in the year 1891 it was 30 per cent.
Of the 354 cases notified, 264, or 74 per cent., were removed to
Hospital.
Enteric Fever.—The number of cases of this disease has
been diminishing during recent years in West Ham, as in the rest of
the country, although the year under review shews an increase in the
number of cases over that of 1909. Altogether 114 cases were
notified, equivalent to an annual attack-rate of 0.31 per 1,000, the
average attack-rate during the preceding 10 years being 1.01 per
1,000. 17 deaths occurred, making an annual death-rate of 0.05 per
1,000, the average death-rate during the previous 10 years being 0.16
per 1,000.
Of the 114 notified cases, 103, or 90 per cent., were removed to
Hospital.