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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 1900
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1900
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TABLE XIII. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1900.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Cases notified in each Locality. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital FROM EACH LOCALITY. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—Years. | Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse. | Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | Fulham Infirmary and Workhouse. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 65 | 65 and upwrds. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Small Pox | 9 | – | – | – | 3 | 6 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | 5 | – | – |
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 630 | 12 | 214 | 321 | 46 | 37 | – | 25 | 89 | 36 | 71 | 169 | 16 | 180 | 40 | 4 | 90 | 78 | 30 | 61 | 152 | 12 | 168 | 25 | 4 |
| Membranous Croup | 11 | – | 10 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 4 | – | – | 5 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | 5 | – | – |
| Erysipelas | 154 | 6 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 103 | 21 | 7 | 24 | 20 | 15 | 30 | 14 | 26 | 7 | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 552 | 5 | 145 | 329 | 49 | 24 | – | 29 | 70 | 36 | 60 | 119 | 36 | 158 | 33 | 11 | 16 | 61 | 26 | 50 | 102 | 29 | 145 | 24 | 11 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 92 | – | 6 | 27 | 23 | 35 | 1 | 6 | 15 | 18 | 20 | 22 | 1 | 22 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 17 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Continued Fever | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | – | – | – | 1 | 8 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | – | – |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 1459 | 23 | 380 | 689 | 131 | 214 | 22 | 69 | 199 | 102 | 174 | 342 | 68 | 399 | 75 | 27 | 37 | 146 | 66 | 132 | 273 | 48 | 334 | 51 | 16 | |