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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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TABLE XXV.
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | - | - | 3 | 32 | 40 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 9 | 16 |
| Scarlet Fever | 286 | 118 | 517 | 701 | 529 | 339 | 627 | 759 | 811 | 847 | 552 | 600 |
| Diptheria | 70 | 69 | 96 | 230 | 329 | 368 | 341 | 378 | 465 | 514 | 630 | 636 |
| Membranous Croup | 23 | 13 | 15 | 20 | 13 | 18 | 14 | 10 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 8 |
| Enteric Fever | 72 | 51 | 41 | 58 | 37 | 57 | 53 | 53 | 71 | 111 | 92 | 133 |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | 6 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Typhus Fever | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | 5 | - | - | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | 6 | 10 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 13 | 9 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 114 | 67 | 104 | 153 | 113 | 94 | 99 | 134 | 121 | 178 | 154 | R-2 |
| Totals | 573 | 327 | 786 | 1124 | 1073 | 887 | 1149 | 1354 | 1488 | 1683 | 1459 | 1134 |
Small Pox.
Sixteen cases of small pox were notified in Fulham during
the year.
In March a case occurred in Queen's Club Gardens, and it
was evident that the husband of the patient had previously
suffered from a mild attack of the disease which had been
unrecognised, but the source of his infection could not be traced.
Subsequent to this there was no case in Fulham until the end
of November, when three cases in one family were reported in
Seagrave mews. All fell ill together, and a boy, who worked in
the same shop in Kensington as one of the patients, was also
attacked at the same time, but the common source of infection
could not be traced.