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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Sickness and Deaths from Notifiable Infectious Diseases.
The following table gives the number of cases of infectious
diseases notified in Fulham since 1890, when compulsory
notification came into force, excluding duplicate notifications : —
TABLE XXII
| Small-pox | 3 |
| Measles | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 20 |
| Whooping Cough | 76 |
| Diphtheria | 48 |
| Enteric and Continued Fevers | 22 |
| Diarrhœa | 181 |
| 387 |
Distribution of Cases.
Table XXYI. gives the number of cases notified in, and
Table XXVII. the number of cases per 1,000 of the population
of each ward.