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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 XIX.
| Year. | Numb*er of Cases. | Cases per 1,000 Inhabitants. | Number of Deaths. | Deaths per 1,000 Inhabitants. | Deaths per 100 Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1890 | 93 | 1.1 | 22 | 0.25 | 23.7 |
| 1891 | 82 | 0.7 | 19 | 0.21 | 23.2 |
| 1892 | 111 | 1.0 | 30 | 0.32 | 27.0 |
| 1893 | 250 | 2.2 | 65 | 0.63 | 26.1 |
| 1894 | 342 | 3.1 | 108 | 0.99 | 31.6 |
| 1895 | 386 | 3.4 | 77 | 0.70 | 20.0 |
| 1896 | 355 | 3.0 | 78 | 0.66 | 22.0 |
| 1897 | 388 | 3.2 | 62 | 0.52 | 16.3 |
| 1898 | 476 | 3.8 | 61 | 0.49 | 12.8 |
| 1899 | 528 | 4.0 | 59 | 0.45 | 11.2 |
| 1900 | 641 | 4.7 | 65 | 0.50 | 10.2 |
| 1901 | 636 | 4.3 | 48 | 0.35 | 7.5 |
| 1902 | 429 | 3.0 | 51 | 0.37 | 11.9 |
| 1903 | 293 | 2.0 | 24 | 0.17 | 8.2 |
| 1904 | 302 | 2.0 | 24 | 0.16 | 8.0 |
| 1905 | 286 | 1.8 | 24 | 0.15 | 8.4 |
Return Cases.
Fourteen cases of Scarlet Fever and one of Diphtheria
occurred within two weeks of the return of a child living in the.
same house, from one of the Metropolitan Asylums .Hoard's
hospitals, after recovery from a similar attack.
ENTERIC FEVER.
Fifty-six cases of Enteric Fever were notified, or 3.6 per
10,000 inhabitants, the average for the preceding ten years being
5.8 per 10,000.
Of those certified to be suffering from the disease 40, or
71.5 per cent., were removed to hospital.
In eight instances the disease was contracted outside the
Borough.
Fatality. —In ten cases the disease proved fatal, giving a
case mortality of 18 per cent.