[Report 1899] / Medical Officer of Health, Blackwell R.D.C.

Blackwell (England). Rural District Council.

Date:: 1899

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of Cases. Duration of Illnea*. 1 1 day. 1 2 days. 1 4 „ 4 5 „ 1 6 „ 6 7 „ 2 8 4 9 7 10 „ 5 12 „ 6 14 „ 2 15 „ 2 16 „ 3 18 „ 15 21 „ 4 28 „ 10 over 28 ,, Epitomised the results stand as follows : — 14 persons ill from 1 to 7 days. 24 ) 1 7-14 22 9 f „ 14-21 10 M ,, over 28 8 ill at time of enquiry. Discarding all cases with a duration below 14 days, the actual number of persons attacked was reduced 48‘4 per cent- The number of deaths which took place was 7, which equals a case mortality of 6'3—the average mortality for England and Wales is about 17'5. There can be no doubt that epidemics of Typhoid Fever vary in severity, but a variation between 5 3 and 17-5 is excessively high, and open to question.