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Fulham 1909

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1909

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Table: The cases occurred in 269 houses, as under:—

The cases occurred in 269 houses, as under:—

Houses with one case232
„ „ two cases27
„ ,, three „6
,, ,, four ,,3
,, ,, five ,,—
,, „ six „1

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Isolation.—294, or 91.3 per cent. of those suffering from the
disease were removed to hospital.
Fatality.—39 cases terminated fatally, giving a case
mortality of 12.1 per cent., or 14.1 per cent. if the thirty-eight
be deducted, which were subsequently ascertained not to be
cases of diphtheria, the fatality being greater than in any year
since 1898.
Distribution of Cases.
The subjoined table gives the number of cases notified in
the several wards of the borough since 1899, per 10,000 of the
population, and in the appendix will be found the streets in
which the cases and deaths occurred in 1909.

Table: TABLE XXIII. Number of cases of Diphtheria notified per 1,000 of thepopulation.

TABLE XXIII. Number of cases of Diphtheria notified per 1,000 of thepopulation.

1899190019011902190319041905190619071908Mean of 10 years 1899-1908.1909
Baron's Court Ward2621292291020177131710
I.illie364358232313141738242916
Walham402936172910171520222320
Margravine414540231521224037293126
Munster496258481524172438253622
Hurlinglam511840192720221641272823
Sands End497748363134223668284321
Town353639161713122021232321
The Borough404743302020182338253020
The County of London302627241716141819172114

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