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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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Diphtheria. Fewer cases of diphtheria were notified during 1912 than in any year since 1892, the number reported in each quarter being as under:-
| Cases. | Deaths. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1st Quarter | 69 | 5 |
| 2nd „ | 57 | 6 |
| 3rd „ | 52 | 2 |
| 4th „ | 53 | 2 |
| 231 | 15 |
The sickness-rate was 14.9 per 10,000 inhabitants,
compared with 20.2 in 1911, and an average of 26.4 per
10,000 in the decennium 1902-1911.
The cases occurred in 214 houses as under:—
Houses with one case 200
„ „ two cases 11
„ „ three „ 3
Isolation.
234 or 92.6 of the patients notified were removed
to hospital.
Fatality.
The 15 deaths represent a case mortality of 6.5
per cent. compared with 14.1, 5.4 and 8.7 per cent. in
the preceding three years.
Diphtheria Antitoxin.
Under the powers given by the Diphtheria Antitoxin
Order, 1910, 134,000 units of antitoxic serum
were supplied to medical practitioners for use in 22 cases.