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Fulham 1900
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900
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In these years the accommodation in the Board's hospitals
was inadequate, and many patients remained at home who otherwise
would have been removed,
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TABLE XXIV. Incidence of Enteric Fever in Fulham, London and adjoining districts, during the last ten years Cases of Enteric Fever notified per 1000, inhabitants:
| 1890. | 1891. | 1892. | 1893. | 1894. | 1895. | 1896. | 1897. | 1898. | 1899. | Average for 10 yrs 1890-1899 | 1900. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | 0.82 | 0.55 | 0.43 | 0.56 | 0.32 | 0.52 | 0.46 | 0.44 | 0.53 | 0.84 | 0.55 | 0.69 |
| Kensington | 0.49 | 0.62 | 0.31 | 0.58 | 0.58 | 0.59 | 0.56 | 0.62 | 0.42 | 0.61 | 0.54 | 0.61 |
| Hammersmith | 0.70 | 0.46 | 0.41 | 0.65 | 0.51 | 0.54 | 0.49 | 0.42 | 0.57 | 1.01 | 0.57 | 0.90 |
| Chelsea | 0.68 | 0.50 | 0.52 | 0.77 | 0.92 | 0.73 | 0.68 | 0.54 | 0.57 | 0.60 | 0.64 | 0.84 |
| London | 0.71 | 0.85 | 0.61 | 0.92 | 0.53 | 0.80 | 0.72 | 0.70 | 0.68 | 1.00 | 0.78 | 0.97 |
Isolation of patients suffering from infectious diseases.
Accommodation for persons suffering from Scarlet Fever,
Diphtheria, Enteric Fever, Typhus Fever, and Small-pox, is provided
by the Managers of the Metropolitan Asylums Board at their
various hospitals, and the increasing recognition by the public of
the advantages accruing from the isolation of the infectious sick,
is shown by the steadily increasing proportion of patients suffering
from those diseases who are removed to hospital.
TABLE XXV. Percentage of notified cases in Fulham removed to isolation Hospitals.
| Scarlet Fever. | Diptheria. | Enteric Fever. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | ...... | 64.4 | ....... | 41.5 | ...... | 37.3 |
| 1892 | – | 75.0 | ...... | 64.0 | ...... | 66.0 |
| 1893 | ...... | 63.6 | ...... | 48.0 | ...... | 45.0 |
| 1894 | ...... | 78.0 | ...... | 70.0 | ...... | 70.0 |
| 1895 | ...... | 70.0 | ...... | 74.0 | ...... | 45.6 |
| 1896 | ...... | 62.5 | ...... | 60.0 | ...... | 38.0 |
| 1897 | ...... | 75.0 | ...... | 65.0 | ...... | 41.5 |
| 1898 | ...... | 79.0 | ...... | 81.1 | ...... | 50.0 |
| 1899 | ...... | 81.7 | ...... | 81.6 | ...... | 51.0 |
| 1900 | ...... | 84.0 | ...... | 86.9 | ...... | 72.5 |