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Fulham 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Comparative Incidence of Enteric Fever in Fulham.
The following table shows the incidence of Enteric Fever in
Fulham, the adjoining boroughs, and the County of London,
during the last ten years:—

Table: TABLE XXXVIII.Number of children attending the Board and other primary Schools in Fulham who were notified in each month as suffering fromDiphtheria.

TABLE XXXVIII.

Number of children attending the Board and other primary Schools in Fulham who were notified in each month as suffering from

Diphtheria.

School.Jan.Feb.March.April.May.June.July.August.Sept.Oct.Nov.Dec.Total.
Ackmar Road......11............234213
All Saints (Denominational)...........................1......1
Barclay Hall(de-nominational)...............1..................1
Clancarty Road.........1.........1............2
Elizabethan (denominational).......................................
Everington St.1............2.........2......5
Fulham Palace Road...12..................11...5
Halford Road12212...6126......25
Harwood Road...........................11...2
Holy Cross (Denominational).......................................
Hugon Road3122...143331427
Kingwood Road...2...35221322325
Langford Road..................2...6...1...9
Lillie Road..............................112
Macmurdo Rd.........................111...3
Munster Road...1...2...2......5613130
North End Rd....321.........1...61519
Sherbrooke Rd.........................8152...25
St. Dunstan's Road2...............3...1...1...7
St. Thomas's Road (Denomi111
national2............1......52
St. John's (Denominational)11...1......3...114...12
Star Road...2......1...1...6123227
Townmead Rd....1......1...1......2......5
William Street.........1............21...15
10149139922745653820261

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Continued Fever.
One case of Continued Fever was notified, and 2 deaths
were registered from Febricula and Low Fever respectively,
which are included among the deaths due to the principal zymotic
diseases.
Puerperal Fever.
Seven cases of Puerperal Fever, or 1.5 per 1,000 births, were
notilicd, and 6 deaths, or 1.3 per 1,000 births, were registered.
One death was that of a woman who was admitted into the
Western Hospital, certified to be suffering from Enteric Fever.
Erysipelas.
Luring 1901, 131 persons were certified to be suffering from
Erysipelas, which was the assigned cause of 9 deaths.
Cholera.
One case was notified as Cholera which was of the nature of
English Cholera.