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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1900
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900
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TABLE XIX. Deaths from Diphtheria per 1,000 Inhabitants.
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | Average for 10 yrs 1890-99. | 1900 | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | 0.25 | 0.21 | 0.32 | 0.63 | 0.99 | 0.70 | 0.66 | 0.52 | 0.49 | 0.45 | 0.52 | 0.47 | |||||||||
| Kensington | 0.20 | 0.17 | 0.20 | 0.49 | 0.46 | 0.53 | 0.40 | 0.47 | 0.15 | 0.25 | 0.33 | 0.16 | |||||||||
| Hammersmith | 0.51 | 0.75 | 0.74 | 0.53 | 0.49 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.28 | 0.21 | 0.23 | 0.47 | 0.25 | |||||||||
| Chelsea | 0.58 | 0.17 | 0.41 | 0.54 | 0.56 | 0.59 | 1.17 | 0.56 | 0.43 | 0.27 | 0.53 | 0.18 | |||||||||
| London | 0.33 | 0.32 | 0.44 | 0.75 | 0.61 | 0.52 | 0.59 | 0.50 | 0.39 | 0.43 | 0.49 | 0.34 | |||||||||
TABLE XX. Cases notified per 1,000 Inhabitants.
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | Average for 10 yrs 1890-1899 | 1900 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | 1.1 | 0.7 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 3.1 | 3.4 | 3.0 | 3.2 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 2.8 | 4.7 |
| Kensington | 1.4 | 2.2 | 1.0 | 2.1 | 1.6 | 2.2 | 2.1 | 1.9 | 1.2 | 1.5 | 1.7 | 1.9 |
| Hammersmith | 2.8 | 2.9 | 2.7 | 2.7 | 1.7 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 1.5 | 1.5 | 1.8 | 2.1 | 2.3 |
| Chelsea (Home District | 2.3 | 1.0 | 2.2 | 2.7 | 2.8 | 3.6 | 5.7 | 3.2 | 2.0 | 2.5 | 2.8 | 2.0 |
| London | 1.5 | 1.4 | 1.9 | 3.0 | 2.4 | 2.5 | 3.1 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 3.0 | 2.6 | 2.6 |
School Influences.
Both Diphtheria anil Scarlet Fever being especially diseases
of children, we must expect that the daily aggregation of such
individuals will tend to widen its prevalence, especially as, not
infrequently, the disease being of a mild type, children actually
suffering have been found to be attending school.
The following tables give the number of children in actual
attendance at each school who were notified in each month as
suffering from Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria, and Table XXIII.
gives the number of children on the roll of each primary school
in Fulhain, from which the large susceptible population of the
district can be seen,