Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909
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TABLE XXI.
1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | Mean of10 years1899-1908. | 1909 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Baron's Court | 48 | 25 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 20 | 52 | 25 | 17 | 23 | 27 | 32 |
Ward Lillie | 70 | 34 | 40 | 25 | 18 | 11 | 54 | 63 | 47 | 36 | 40 | 33 |
Walham | 60 | 28 | 65 | 17 | 14 | 21 | 43 | 47 | 28 | 21 | 34 | 16 |
Margravine | 53 | 37 | 28 | 51 | 37 | 11 | 34 | 40 | 45 | 28 | 36 | 33 |
Munster | 65 | 43 | 38 | 29 | 27 | 26 | 64 | 41 | 35 | 39 | 41 | 40 |
Hurlingham | 74 | 40 | 57 | 26 | 22 | 12 | 40 | 42 | 44 | 43 | 40 | 14 |
Sands End | 79 | 62 | 61 | 81 | 46 | 24 | 54 | 41 | 64 | 60 | 57 | 42 |
Town | 67 | 30 | 30 | 26 | 32 | 23 | 43 | 29 | 32 | 23 | 34 | 19 |
The Borough | 65 | 41 | 47 | 38 | 28 | 19 | 50 | 42 | 42 | 37 | 41 | 32 |
The County of London | 49 | 30 | 41 | 40 | 28 | 29 | 42 | 43 | 52 | 46 | 40 |
DIPHTHERIA.
The cases notified as diphtheria were 322, the numbers for
the preceding three years being 400, 603 and 403.
The returns for the four quarters were as under:—
Cases. | Deaths. | |
---|---|---|
1st quarter | 109 | 20 |
2nd „ | 76 | 4 |
3rd „ | 66 | 5 |
4th „ | 71 | 10 |
322 | 39 |
Although showing a decline as compared with the last three
years the disease was proportionally more prevalent in Fulham
than in any metropolitan borough.