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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 1905

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

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Table: TABLE XVII. Number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified per 10,000 of the population.

TABLE XVII. Number of cases of Scarlet Fever notified per 10,000 of the population.

189618971898189919001901190219031904Mean of 9 year 1896-1904.1905
Barons Court Ward —243425482534189202632.2
Lillie5680517034402518114353.6
Walham4570616028651714214142.7
Margravine7279835337285337115033.7
Munster4660876543382927264764.2
Hurlingham4651637440572622124440.1
Sands End7466657962618146246253.9
Town5739686730302632233942.5
The Borough5463656541473828194749.5
The County of London5851384930414028294141.6

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DIPHTHERIA AND MEMBRANOUS CROUP.
285 cases of Diphtheria and one of Membranous Croup
were notified in 1905, compared with 299 cases of Diphtheria
and 3 of Membranous Croup in 1904.

Table: The cases occurring in the four quarters of the year were :—

The cases occurring in the four quarters of the year were :—

Cases.Deaths.
1st Quarter667
2nd „733
3rd „653
4th „8211

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Distribution. — The following table shows the comparative
prevalence of the disease in the several wards since 1896, when
the existing division of the borough was made.