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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 1896
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1896
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In addition to these the Board are erecting:—
| Beds. | |
|---|---|
| The Park Hospital at Hither Green, to be opened in 1897 | 540 |
| The Grove Hospital at Tooting, to be opened in 1898 | 520 |
| Additional buildings at the North-Eastern and Western Hospitals | 200 |
The Board have also secured a site for a Convalescent Hospital at
Carshalton, in which they propose to provide for 700 convalescent patients,
so that, in a short time, there will be 6,369 beds for Fever and Diphtheria,
viz., 4,719 for acute, 1,650 for convalescent cases.
For Small-pox the existing accommodation is:—
| Beds. | |
|---|---|
| Hospital Ships | 300 |
| Gore Farm Upper Hospital (now occupied by convalescent Scarlet Fever patients) | 1000 |
| Gore Farm Lower Hospital | 192 |
| 1492 |
An additional Small-pox Hospital is to be built on the Joyce Green
Estate with 400 beds.
RETURN CASES.
In five instances the disease occurred within 10 days of the return of
another member of the family from a hospital after another attack. I drew
special attention to the occurrence of these so-called "return cases" in the
report for 1895, but they have been much less numerous during the past
year than has been the case hitherto.
DIPHTHERIA.
This disease was again very prevalent in the parish and 341 cases of
Diphtheria and 14 of Membranous Croup which is identical with Laryngeal
Diphtheria, were notified during the year, as against 250, 342 and 386 in
the three preceding years.
The distribution of the cases was as follows:—
| No. of Cases | No. of Cases per 1000 of population | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Barons Court Ward | 16 | 1.3 | 1 |
| Hurlingham „ | 7 | 1.2 | 1 |
| Lillie „ | 61 | 3.0 | 12 |
| Margravine „ | 51 | 2.7 | 12 |
| Munster „ | 77 | 4.6 | 20 |
| Sands End „ | 92 | 6.4 | 21 |
| Town „ | 14 | 1.5 | 4 |
| Walham „ | 37 | 2.4 | 7 |
| 355 | 3.0 | 78 |