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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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Table: During the year the following notifications were received under the Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908

During the year the following notifications were received under the Tuberculosis Regulations, 1908

From the Fulham Infirmary—
On admission232
On discharge102
From other Poor Law Institutions—
On admission6
On discharge9
From District Medical Officers186
From Relieving Officers2
537

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The certificates related to 268 patients—187 males
and 81 females.
Under the Tuberculosis Regulations of March, 1911,
372 certificates were received—131 from the Fulham
Dispensary, 123 from Brompton Hospital, and the remainder
from other hospitals and sanatoria. Of these
50 were re-notifications, making the number of hospital
patients notified 322, and 56 of these were also notified
by Poor Law Officers.
In addition 47 cases were notified voluntarily by
medical practitioners, 15 of which were also notified
under the Regulations, and 57 cases of suspected tuberculosis
among children attending school were reported by
the Medical Officer (Education) of the London County
Council, 10 of whom were notified by hospitals. The
total number of patients brought under the notice of the
Sanitary Authority, including the suspected cases among
children was 613, of whom 368 were males and 245
females.