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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 1941
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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TABLE 2. INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1941.
| Notifiable Diseases. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | Total cases removed to Hospital | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages – Years | ||||||||||||||
| At all ages | 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | ||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera, Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 64 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 64 |
| Erysipelas | 45 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 22 | 8 | 24 |
| Scarlet Fever | 68 | – | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 22 | 8 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | – | 56 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| Relapsing & Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | – | – | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 11 | 2 | – | – | 11 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 21 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 6 | – | 2 | – | 21 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | – | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory-System | 176 | – | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 23 | 71 | 26 | 40 | 9 | – |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 29 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 1 | – |
| Measles | 159 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 17 | 20 | 58 | 5 | 3 | 8 | 23 | |||
| Encephalitis lethergica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Pneumonia | 89 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 13 | 7 | 36 | 10 | 38 |
| Diarrhoea | 9 | 8 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 6 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 6 |
| Trench Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 220 | 23 | 25 | 36 | 51 | 29 | 55 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 49 |
| Totals | 989 | 62 | 72 | 69 | 80 | 63 | 160 | 28 | 61 | 147 | 50 | 107 | 29 | 315 |