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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 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1922
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Table IV.—Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year 1922.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Number of cases notified.. | Total cases notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total Cases removed to hospital. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At ages—Years. | Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | |||||||||||||
| 0-1 | 1-2 | 2-3 | 3-4 | 4-5 | 5-10 | 10-20 | 20-35 | 35-45 | 45-65 | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 438 | 12 | 46 | 49 | 39 | 26 | 130 | 74 | 49 | 4 | 8 | 1 | 18 | 85 | 22 | 72 | 103 | 20 | 100 | 18 | 416 | 33 |
| Erysipelas | 94 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 10 | 15 | 11 | 25 | 28 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 22 | 23 | 19 | 54 | 7 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 626 | 4 | 23 | 33 | 42 | 31 | 240 | 196 | 42 | 12 | 2 | 1 | 103 | 46 | 81 | 148 | 21 | 149 | 56 | 586 | 12 | |
| Typhus Fever | _ | _ | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 16 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | _ | 2 | 3 | 7 | _ | 1 | —_ | 1 | 2 | 16 | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 8 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 29 | 8 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | —. | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | __ | 1 | _ | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum. . | 33 | 33 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 6 | 4 | — | 6 | 6 | 8 | — | |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 272 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 8 | 37 | 100 | 44 | 75 | 5 | 13 | 39 | 21 | 41 | 64 | 18 | 47 | 29 | — | 163 |
| Disseminated Tuberculosis | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | — | 12 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases | 108 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 20 | 33 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 24 | 9 | 5 | 29 | 5 | 24 | 8 | — | 21 |
| Measles | 2,438 | 117 | 316 | 358 | 232 | 330 | 1,001 | 62 | 15 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 86 | 452 | 173 | 376 | 700 | 107 | 274 | 270 | 109 | 41 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | _ | 1 | _— | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3* | |
| Pneumonia | 300 | 9 | 36 | 20 | 13 | 5 | 27 | 32 | 49 | 42 | 46 | 21 | 15 | 44 | 26 | 61 | 108 | 5 | 24 | 17 | 187 | 195 |
| Diarrhoea | 17 | 15 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | —_ | 4 | 6 | 2 | — | 3 | — | 14 | 27 | |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | 1 | _ | — | _ | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 4,388 | 193 | 432 | 467 | 328 | 401 | 1,430 | 451 | 323 | 134 | 169 | 60 | 168 | 786 | 319 | 674 | 1,192 | 182 | 654 | 413 | 1,427 | 527 |
*1 Patient notified as suffering from Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.