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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 1903
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1903
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The following table shows the proportion of Children who
have escaped vaccination during the ten years, 1893-1902: —
The following table shows the proportion of Children who have escaped vaccination during the ten years, 1893-1902:— TABLE XX.
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Died Unvaccinated. | Vaccination postponed. | Removed, &c. | Certificates Granted under Clause 2 of the Vaccination Act of 1898. | Percentage not finally accounted for. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 3,704 | 2,840 | 22 | 459 | 29 | 354 | — | 10.9 |
| 1894 | 3,792 | 3,068 | 22 | 333 | 46 | 323 | — | 10.3 |
| 1895 | 3,951 | 3,125 | 19 | 465 | 49 | 293 | — | 9.4 |
| 1896 | 4,015 | 3,151 | 24 | 434 | 34 | 372 | – | 10.7 |
| 1897 | 4,107 | 3,341 | 22 | 432 | 42 | 266 | 4 | 8.2 |
| 1898 | 4,311 | 3,170 | 23 | 453 | 78 | 497 | 90 | 16.2 |
| 1899 | 4,581 | 3,360 | 27 | 615 | 76 | 384 | 66 | 12.1 |
| 1900 | 4,552 | 3,445 | 13 | 470 | 65 | 458 | 63 | 13.2 |
| 1901 | 4,605 | 3,603 | 11 | 641 | 19 | 478 | 53 | 13.5 |
| 1902 | 4,790 | 3,700 | 19 | 457 | 51 | 439 | 29 | 11.0 |
SCARLET FEVER.
404 cases of Scarlet Fever were notified during the year,
the disease being less prevalent than in any year since 1895.
The returns for the four quarters were:—
| Cases. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 140 | 3 |
| 2nd „ | 106 | 3 |
| 3rd „ | 100 | 1 |
| 4th „ | 158 | 1 |
Fatality.—The disease was of a mild type, the 8 deaths
representing a case mortality of 2 per cent., being the lowest
yet recorded in Fulham.
369, or 91.4 per cent. of the patients notified, were removed
to hospital.
Return Cases. —20 cases occurred within 14 days of the
return of a child living in the same house from one of the
hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums Board after recovering
from a similar attack.