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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 1910

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1910

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SICKNESS AND DEATHS FROM NON-NOTIFIABLE
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Measles.

Table: The deaths from measles in the four quarters of the year were:—

The deaths from measles in the four quarters of the year were:—

1st Quarter11
2nd ,,25
3rd ,,6
4th „23
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The death-rate was 0.41 per 1,000, being the same as that
of the County of London, and 0.11 per 1,000 below the
average rate in Fulham in the preceding ten years. Of the
deaths, 56, or 86 per cent., were of children under three years
of age.
677 cases were reported by the Schools, and, in addition to
excluding from school attendance all children from infected
houses who were attending the infant classes, and also the
children from the same houses in the boys' or girls' departments
who had not had measles, the following classes were
closed during the periods stated:—

Table: Class-rooms closed on Account of Measles during 1910.

Class-rooms closed on Account of Measles during 1910.

Name of School.Classroom.Period of Exclusion.
St. Dunstan's RoadF.16 Feb. to 1st March.
Langford RoadG.21st Feb to 4th March.
St. Dunstan's RoadG.2nd March to 9th March.
Fulham Palace RoadF.18th April to 20th April.
St. John'sA & C.18th and 19th April.
Do.A.21st to 25th April.
Harwood Roadall under 523rd April to 13th May.
Finlay StreetDo.25th April to 13th May.
North End RoadDo.4th to 13th May.
Halford RoadDo.5th to 13th May.
Beaufort HouseA.18th and 19th May.
Kingwood RoadA.9th June to 14th June.