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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 1881
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE VI.
The following table shows the number of cases of smallpox that were reported in each of the parishes of the Fulham district during each of the twelve months of the year 1882, also the number of cases that were treated at hospitals and those that were treated at the homes of the patients.
| Parish of Hammersmith. | Parish of Fulham. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Month. | Treated at a hospital. | Treated at home. | Totals. | Treated at a hospital. | Treated at homo. | Totals. | Grand Totals. |
| January | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| February | 4 | 1 | 5 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 39 |
| March | 16 | 1 | 17 | 33 | 6 | 39 | 56 |
| 9 | 1 | 10 | 35 | 2 | 37 | 47 | |
| May | 24 | 1 | 25 | 44 | 3 | 47 | 72 |
| June | 5 | 4 | 9 | 33 | 1 | 34 | 43 |
| July | 5 | I | 6 | 7 | 3 | 10 | 16 |
| August | 4 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 15 |
| September | 1 | 0 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 13 |
| October | 3 | 0 | 3 | 6 | 5 | 11 | 14 |
| November | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 9 |
| December | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| Total in year | 73 | 9 | 82 | 204 | 41 | 245 | 327 |