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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 XVIII. Number of cases of Diphtheria notified per 10,000 of the population.
| 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | Mean of 9 years 1896-1904. | 1905 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barons Court Ward | 13 | 17 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 20.2 |
| Lillie | 30 | 28 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 58 | 23 | 23 | 13 | 32 | 14.3 |
| Walham | 24 | 38 | 44 | 40 | 29 | 36 | 17 | 29 | 10 | 30 | 16.5 |
| Margravine | 27 | 21 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 21 | 30 | 22.1 |
| Munster | 46 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 62 | 58 | 48 | 15 | 24 | 42 | 17.4 |
| Hurlingham | 12 | 28 | 44 | 51 | 18 | 40 | 19 | 27 | 20 | 29 | 22.3 |
| Sands End | 64 | 75 | 43 | 49 | 77 | 48 | 36 | 31 | 34 | 51 | 21.5 |
| Town | 15 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 13 | 24 | 12.1 |
| The Borough | 30 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 43 | 30 | 20 | 20 | 33 | 18.2 |
| The County of London | 31 | 38 | 26 | 30 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 16 | 26 | 13.9 |
Isolation. —271 patients, or 94.7 per cent, of those certified
to be suffering from the disease, were removed to the hospital
for treatment.
Fatality. —The disease terminated fatally in 24 instances,
the proportion of deaths to notified cases being 8.4 per cent.
The reduction of recent years in the fatality of Diphtheria,
due mainly to the use of antitoxic serum, will be seen from the
following table: —