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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 1911
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1911
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Isolation.
Of the patients notified 352 or 91.7 per cent, were
removed to hospital for treatment.
Fatality.
The deaths, 6 in number, represent a case mortality
of 1.6 per cent., which is the lowest recorded.
During November and December there was a
special incidence of the disease in children attending
Peterborough School, 14 cases being notified in the
Infants', four in the Girls', and one in the Boys' Department.
The children attending the affected classes were
examined but no " missed " cases were detected.
DIPHTHERIA. The cases of diphtheria notified in the four quarters of the year were as under: —
| Cases. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 89 | 6 |
| 2nd „ | 68 | 5 |
| 3rd „ | 60 | 4 |
| 4th „ | 94 | 12 |
| 311 | 27 |
The case-rate was 20.2 per 10,000 inhabitants, compared
with 16.2 in 1910, and an average of 27 per
10,000 in the decennium 1901-1910.
The cases occurred in 274 houses as under:—
| Houses with one case | 247 |
| „ two cases | 23 |
| ,, three „ | 3 |
| „ four „ | ... |
| „ five „ | 1 |
| 274 |