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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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365 or 85.1 per cent, of the notified cases were removed to
hospital, and of these 45 or 12.4 per cent, died, the fatality of
the cases treated at home being 94 per cent.
The following table gives the fatality at different age periods of hospital and home cases: — TABLE XX.
| Cases removed to Hospital. | Cases treated at Home. | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Age. | No. of Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. | No. of Cases. | Deaths. | Mortality per cent. |
| 0—1 | 7 | 2 | 28.6 | 3 | 2 | 66.6 |
| 1—2 | 22 | 6 | 27.3 | 1 | 1 | 100 |
| 2—3 | 26 | 5 | 19.3 | 5 | — | — |
| 3—4 | 44 | 9 | 20.5 | 1 | — | — |
| 4—5 | 40 | 3 | 7.5 | 8 | — | — |
| 5—10 | 135 | 18 | 13.4 | 12 | — | — |
| 10—15 | 46 | 1 | 2.2 | 11 | 2 | 18.2 |
| 15—25 | 25 | — | — | 9 | — | — |
| 25—65 | 20 | 1 | 5.0 | 14 | 1 | 7.2 |
| Over 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 365 | 45 | 12.4 | 64 | 6 | 9.4 | |
Comparative prevalence of Diphtheria.
Although, as compared with the preceding year, there was
a decrease in the amount of diphtheria, the disease was again
for the sixth year in succession more prevalent in Fulham than
in the adjoining boroughs or in the County of London, and in 3
boroughs only, viz.:—St. Pancras, Wandsworth and Hackney,
was the attack rate higher than in Fulham.