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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 1909
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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TABLE XVI.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Locality. | Number of Cases removed to Hospital from each Locality. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Baron's Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward.* | Munster Ward | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | Baron's Court Ward. | Lillie Wad. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward.* | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup") | 322 | 9 | 146 | 132 | 25 | 10 | - | 13 | 39 | 27 | 52 | 88 | 21 | 55 | 27 | 10 | 39 | 27 | 45 | 81 | 19 | 55 | 18 | 294 |
| Erysipelas | 115 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 10 | 70 | 21 | 6 | 18 | 19 | 32 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 13 | 21 | 7 | 3 | 5 | - | 56† |
| Scarlet Fever | 511 | 5 | 144 | 303 | 33 | 26 | - | 42 | 78 | 21 | 63 | 159 | 13 | 111 | 24 | 30 | 73 | 21 | 57 | 147 | 11 | 106 | 19 | 464 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric Fever | 41 | - | 1 | 9 | 14 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 7 | 4 | - | 2 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 3 | - | 34 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 34 | - | - | - | 7 | 27 | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 11 | 3 | 7 | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | 9 | 2 | 6 | - | 26† |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | - | 3 |
| Totals | 1027 | 17 | 295 | 453 | 89 | 151 | 22 | 65 | 119 | 75 | 161 | 278 | 53 | 190 | 56 | 43 | 128 | 68 | 136 | 249 | 40 | 177 | 37 | 878 |
*Fulham Workhouse situated in Margravine Ward.
†Removed to the Fulham Infirmary.