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Fulham 1905

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year ending December 31st, 1905

Published
1906
Author
Jackson, J. Charles.
Pages
95
Tables
74

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    TABLE 1.
    Year.Population.Increase per cent. during previous intercensal period.Persons to the Acre.
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    TABLE II. VITAL STATISTICS OF WHOLE DISTRICT DURING 1905 AND PREVIOUS YEARS.
    Year. 1Population Estimated to Middle of each Year. 2Births.Total Deaths registered in the District.Total Dfaths in Public Institutions in THE District. 9Deaths of Non-residents Registered in Public Institutions in the District. 10Deaths of Residents Registered l'n Public Institutions beyond the District. iiNett Deaths at all ages belonging to the District.
    Number. 3Rate.* 4Under 1 Year of Age.At all Ages.
    Number. 5Rate per iooo Births Registered. 6Number. 7Rate.* 8Number. 12Rate.* 13
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    TABLE III. Number of Births.
    Ward.Males.Females.Total Births.Birth-rate.
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    TABLE IV. Causes of, and Ages at, Death during Year 1905.
    Causes of Death. 1Deaths in or belonging to whole District at subjoined Ages.Deaths in or belonging to Localities (at all Ages).Total Deaths. in Public Institutions in THE District. 17
    All ages. 2Under 1 year. 31 and under 5. 45 and under 15- 515 and under 25. 625 and under 65. 765 and upwards. 8co Barons Court Ward.10 Lillie Ward.Walham Ward. 11Jr* Margravine 60 Ward.Munster Ward. 1314 Hurlinghatn Ward.J-* Sands End "* Ward.16 Town Ward.
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    TABLE V. Death-rate per 1,000 Population in each Ward.
    Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham Ward.Sands End Ward.Town Ward.
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    Corrected in this way the death-rates of Fulham, the County of London and the adjoining boroughs were as under:— TABLE VI.
    Crude Death-rate.Corrected Death-rate.
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    Seasonal Mortality. The mortality in the four quarters of the year was as under:—
    Deaths.Death-rate.
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    TABLE VII. INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. WHOLE DISTRICT.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks,3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (A) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. BARON'S COURT WARD.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 MonthsTotal Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (B) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. LILLIE WARD.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (c) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. WALHAM WARD.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months10—11 Months.11-l2 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (D) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. MARGRAVINE WARD.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (E) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. MUNSTER WARD.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.45 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.1-2 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.II—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (F) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age HURLINGHAM WARD
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (G) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. SANDS END WARD.
    CAUSE OF DEATH.Under 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE VII. (H) INFANTILE MORTALITY DURING THE YEAR 1905. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age. TOWN WARD.
    CAUSE OF DEATHUnder 1 Week.1-2 Weeks.2-3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under 1 Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3-4 Months.4-5 Months.5-6 Months.6-7 Months.7-8 Months.8-9 Months.9-10 Months.10-11 Months.11-12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    Deaths under one year per 1,000 Births
    1901.1902.1903.1904.1905.
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    TABLE VIII. MORTALITY OF ILLEGITIMATE INFANTS. Deaths from stated causes in weeks and months under 1 Year of Age.
    CAUSE OF DEATHUnder I Week.1—2 Weeks.2—3 Weeks.3-4 Weeks.Total under I Month.1-2 Months.2-3 Months.3—4 Months.4—5 Months.5—6 Months.6—7 Months.7—8 Months.8—9 Months.9-10 Months.10—II Months.11—12 Months.Total Deaths under One Year.
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    TABLE IX. Death from the seven principal Infectious Liseases.
    1895.1896.1897.1898.1899.19001901.19021903.1904.number of Deaths I895-I904.Deathrate I895-I904.1905.Deathrate 1905.
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    TABLE X. Deaths from the seven principal Infectious per 1.000 of the population in each Ward.
    Smalpox.Measles.Scarlet Fever.DiphtheriaWhooping Cough.Enteric Fever.Diaŕhoea.Total.
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    SICKNESS FROM NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS 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:— TABLE XI.
    1890189118921893189418951896189718981899190019011902190319041905
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    TABLE XII. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1905.
    Cases Notified in Whole District.Total Cases Notified in each Ward.No.of Cases Removed To Hospital From Each Ward.
    Notifiable Disk ase.At Ages—Years.At all Ages.Baron's Court.Lillie.Walham.Margravine.Munster.Hurlingham.Sands End.Town.Baron's Court.Lillie.Walham.Margravine.Munster.Hurlingham.Sands End.Town.Total.
    Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
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    TABLE XIII. Cases of Infectious Diseases notified per 10,000 inhab tants
    Small-poxScarlet fever.Diphtheria.Enteric FeverErysipelas.Puerperal Fever.Total.
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    TABLE XIV. Supplemental Return for 1904 for the Borough of Fulham.
    No. of Births Registered from Jan. Ist, 1904, to Dec. 31st, 1904.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Dead Unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Certificates granted under Clause 2 of Vaccination Act. 1898.Removed to Districts in which Vaccination Officer has been notified.Removed to places unknown.Outstanding.
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    TABLE XV. Return of Vaccination for the period from January to june, 1905, for the Borough of Fulham.
    No. of Births Registered from Jan. Ist, 1905, to June 30th, 1905.Successfully Vaccinated.Insusceptible of Vaccination.Dead Unvaccinated.Postponed by Medical Certificate.Certificates granted under Clause 1 of Vaccination Act, 1898.Removed to Districts in which Vaccination Officer has been notified.Removed to places unknown.Outstanding.
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    The following table shows the proportion of children who have escaped vaccination during the ten years, 1895-1904. TABLE XVI.
    YearBirthssuccessfully Vaccinted.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.
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    The returns for the four quarters were :—
    CasesDeaths.
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    TABLE XVII. Number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified per 10,000 of the population.
    189618971898189919001901190219031904Mean of 9 year 1896-1904.1905
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    The cases occurring in the four quarters of the year were :—
    Cases.Deaths.
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    TABLE XVIII. Number of cases of Diphtheria notified per 10,000 of the population.
    189618971898189919001901190219031904Mean of 9 years 1896-1904.1905
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    TABLE XIX.
    Year.Numb*er of Cases.Cases per 1,000 Inhabitants.Number of Deaths.Deaths per 1,000 Inhabitants.Deaths per 100 Cases.
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    The incidence of Enteric Fever in Fulhara during the preceding 10 years is shown in the following table:— TABLE XX.
    Number of Cases.Number of Cases notified per 10,000 inhabitants.Number of Deathes per 10,000 inhabitants.
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    TABLE XXI. Percentage of notified cases in Fulham removed to Isolation Hospital.
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria.Enteric Fever.Small-pox.
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    The deaths from Measles in the four quarters of the year were:—
    No. of Deaths.
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    TABLE XXII.
    Cases.
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    TABLE XXIII.
    Year.No. of Deaths.Death-rate per 1,000.
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    The deaths in each quarter of the year were as under:—
    Number of Deaths.Death-rate.
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    TABLE XXIV. Deaths from Diarrhæa per 1,000 living.
    1895189618971898189919001901190219031904Mean of 10 yrs 1895-04.1905
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    TABLE XXV. Deaths per 1,000 of the population of each Ward from Phthisis and other Tubercular Diseases.
    Death-rate from other Tubercular Diseases.Death-rate from all Tubercular Diseases.Death rate from Phthisis.
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    The cases notified in the various Wards were as under:—
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    At the 187 inquests held on inhabitants of Fulham, the following verdicts were returned:— TABLE XXVI.
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    TABLE XXVII.
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    TABLE XXVIII.
    FULHAM.LONDON.
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    PUBLIC MORTUARY. 165 bodies were removed to the Mortuary during the year, and were admitted as follows:—
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    1.—INSPECTION. Including Inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors or Inspectors of Nuisances.
    Premises.Number of
    Inspections.Written Notices.Prosecutions.
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    2.—DEFECTS FOUND.
    Particulars.Number of Defects.Number of Prosecutions.
    Found.Remedied.Referred to H.M. Inspector
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    3.—OTHER MATTERS.
    Class.Number.
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    The following samples were purchased for analysis in 1905.
    Article.Number of Samples.Number Adulterated.Number Inferior.Percentage age of Adulteration.
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    In the five preceding years the samples purchased for analysis were as under:—
    Number of Samples.Number Adulterated.Percentage of Adulteration.
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    Proceedings under the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts were instituted by the Council in the following cases:—
    DEFENDANT.OFFENCE .RESULT.PENALTY.COSTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    DEFENDANTS.OFFENCE.RESULT.PENALTY.COSTS.
    £s.d.£s.d.
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    DEFENDANT.OFFENCE.RESULT.PENALTY.COSTS.
    £d.£d.s.s.
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    During the year drainage plans of the following proposed new buildings were submitted to and approved by the Public Health Committee:—
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    The following is a summary of the sanitary work of the year:—
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    Proceedings under the Public Health (London) Act, and the Metropolis Local Management Acts, were instituted by the Council in the following cases:—
    DEFENDANT.OFFENCE.RESULT.PENALTY.COSTS.
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    The following summary has been prepared at the request of the Medical Officer of Health of the London County Council:—
    PREMISES.NUMBER OF PLACES.Number of Inspections 1905.Number of Notices, 1905.Number of Prosecutions, 1905.
    Added in 1905.Removed in 1905.On register at end of 1905.On register at end of 1904.
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    Total number of intimation notices served for all purposes 2580 Overcrowding, 1905—
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    APPENDIX. TABLE A. Giving the Meteorological Conditions of the 52 Weeks ending December 30th, 1905, together with the number of Deaths from certain Diseases and at certain Ages.
    Week ending.Mean Temperature.Highest Temperature.Lowest Temperature.Mean Temperature of the earth 3 ft. below surface.Mean height of the Barometer.Rainfall in inches.Sunshine in hours.Prevailing Wind.Total Deaths.Deaths under 1 Year.Deaths over 60.Deaths from Respiratory Diseases.Deaths from Phthisis.Heaths from Zymotic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa.Deaths from Diarrhœa.
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    Week ending.Mean Temperature.Highest Temperature.Lowest Temperature.Mean Temperature of the earth. 3 ft. below surface.Mean height of the Barometer.Rainfall in inches.Sunshine in hours.Prevailing Wind.Total Deaths.Deaths under 1 Year.Deaths over 60.Deaths from Respiratory Diseases.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa.Deaths from Diarrhœa.
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    Week ending.Mean Temperature.Highest Temperature.Lowest Temperature.Mean Temperature of the earth 3 ft. below surface.Mean height of the Barometer.Rainfall in inches.Sunshine in hours.Prevailing Wind.Total Deaths.Deaths under 1 year.Deaths over 60.Deaths from Respiratory Diseases.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa.Deaths from Diarrhœa.
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    Week ending.Mean Temperature.Highest Temperature.Lowest Temperature.Mean Temperature of the earth 3 ft. below surface.Mean height of the Barometer.Rainfall in inches.Sunshine in hours.Prevailing Wind.Total Deaths.Deaths under 1 year.Deaths over 60.Deaths from Respiratory Diseases.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Zymotic Diseases, excluding Diarrhœa.Deaths from Diarrhœa.
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    TABLE B. Showing the localities in which the cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases and Deaths from Measles, Diarrhœa and Phthisis occurred during the year. (The figures in brackets denote the number of houses in which the cases occurred. The asterisks denote the fatal cases of Notifiable Diseases.)
    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Phthisis.Deaths from Diarrhœa.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.ErysipelasDeaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa.Deaths from Phihisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhœa.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhoea.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhoea.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhæa.Deaths from Phthisis
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    Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup.Enteric Fever.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Deaths from Measles.Deaths from Diarrhæa.Deaths from Phthisis.
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    TABLE C. Showing the number of Cases of Infectious Diseases notified to the several Metropolitan Medical Officers of Health during the Year 1905.
    Cities and Boroughs.Estimated population in the middle of 1905.Small-pox.Scarlet FeverDiphtheria and Membranous Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Other continued fevers.Puerperal Fever.Erysipelas.Cholera.Total.Annual rate per 1000 persons living.