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infection was traced, but on account of the long incubation period
and the insidious onset of the illness, this has in the majority of
cases been impossible. By referring to the Charts, you will
observe that: —
21 occurred in the first quarter of the year.
4 „ second quarter „
24 „ third quarter „
81 „ fourth quarter „
According to the returns of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board, Typhoid Fever is not common under 10; nearly 50 per
cent, of the cases occur between 15 and 25 years of age.
In our District: —
27.7 per cent, of the persons attacked were under 10 years of age.
22.2 „ „ ,, were between 10 and 15 „
32.3 „ „ „ were between 15 and 25 „
17.7 „ „ were over 25 „ „
The disease is supposed to be far more fatal amongst
children and old people, than amongst strong, healthy young
people. Here again it differed in our District. The mortality
in persons up to 15 years of age was at the rate of 6.1 per cent.
From 15 to 30 years of age it was at the rate of 26.4 per cent,
and from 30 to 45 years of age it was at the rate of 27.2 per
cent. No person over 45 years of age was attacked with Typhoid
Fever during the year.
WHOOPING COUGH.— The corrected number of deaths
was 24. The average number of deaths for the last 10 years
was 48.1. The death rate was .4 per 1,000 of the population.
The death rate for the whole of London was .47 per 1,000.
DIARRHCEA.— The corrected number of deaths was 54.
The annual average for the last 10 years was 49.3 per 1,000.
This is a great improvement, taking into consideration the very
warm summer we had. The warmer the summer, the higher is
the mortality from Diarrhoea. The death rate was .91 per 1,000
of the population, that for the whole of London being .92 per
1,000,