London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1912
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1912
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TABLE XIV.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 231 | 6 | 64 | 131 | 16 | 11 | 3 | - | 19 | 39 | 26 | 18 | 74 | 7 | 38 | 10 | 214 |
| Erysipelas | 115 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 8 | 31 | 40 | 16 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 28 | 23 | 7 | 19 | 6 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 484 | 6 | 123 | 310 | 28 | 17 | — | — | 17 | 45 | 31 | 49 | 156 | 36 | 116 | 34 | 434 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | -_ | — |
| Enteric Fever | 26 | — | — | 4 | 9 | 10 | 3 | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 20 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Fever | 30 | — | — | — | 8 | 22 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 24 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | I | — | — | 1 | - | — | — | — | — | - | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Poliomyelitis | 5 | — | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 1173 | 2 | 49 | 318 | 141 | 465 | 171 | 27 | 49 | 209 | 133 | 167 | 316 | 43 | 177 | 79 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | - | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | 7 |
| Anthrax | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 2080 | 30 | 243 | 778 | 212 | 556 | 218 | 43 | 101 | 317 | 209 | 269 | 588 | 104 | 358 | 137 | 703 |