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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 1897
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1897
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hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums' Board was 9.3 per cent., while for the last 5 years the mortality has been as under:—
| Fulham Deaths per 100 cases notified | London Deaths per 100 cases notified | Metropolitan Asylum's Board's Hospital's Deaths per 100 cases admitted | |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 4.7 | 4.3 | 6.1 |
| 1894 | 6.6 | 5.2 | 5.9 |
| 1895 | 6.0 | 4.2 | 5.2 |
| 1896 | 4.4 | 3.7 | 4.3 |
| 1897 | 3.7 | 3.4 |
In one of these cases the child was found in a laundry, where a
considerable amount of work was being done, peeling freely.
HOSPITAL ACCOMMODATION.
The accommodation provided by the Managers of the Metropolitan
Asylums Board for patients suffering from Scarlet Fever again proved quite
inadequate, and from July to November there was always delay in the
removal of patients owing to the hospitals being full, and at times there were
as many as 20 patients in Fulham awaiting removal.
RETURN CASES.
In 12 instances the disease occurred within 10 days of the return of a
child living in the same house from one of the Metropolitan Asylums Board's
Hospitals after recovery from a similar attack.
DIPHTHERIA.
378 cases of Diphtheria and 10 of Membranous Croup which is identical
with Laryngeal Diphtheria were notified, the numbers for the preceding three
years being 342, 386 and 355.