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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 1902
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1902
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During the past 10 years the deaths and death-rates from
the seven principal Zymotic diseases have been as under:—
TABLE XI.
| Year. | Deaths. | Death-rate. |
|---|---|---|
| 1892 | 448 | 4.6 |
| 1893 | 344 | 3.3 |
| 1894 | 426 | 4.0 |
| 1895 | 345 | 3.1 |
| 1896 | 422 | 3.6 |
| 1897 | 360 | 3.0 |
| 1898 | 396 | 3.2 |
| 1899 | 423 | 3.3 |
| 1900 | 397 | 2.9 |
| 1901 | 387 | 2.8 |
| Average for 10 years | 395 | 3.3 |
Sickness and Deaths from Notifiable Infections Diseases.
The following table gives the number of cases of infectious
diseases notified in Fulham since 1890, when compulsory
notification came into force, excluding duplicate notifications:—
| 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| — | — | 2 | — | — | |||||||||
| 11 | |||||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | ||||||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||||
| — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| 786 |
Distribution of cases of notifiable infectious diseases.
Table XIII, gives the actual number of cases of infectious
diseases notified, and Table XIV. the number of cases notified
per 10,000 of the population in each Ward.