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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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Distribution.
Table XIV. gives the number of cases notified in
the several wards, and the following gives the proportional
prevalence:—
TABLE XIX.
| 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | Mean of 10 years 1902-11 | 1912 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barons Court Ward | 22 | 9 | 10 | 20 | 17 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 14 | 14 | 14 | 15.3 |
| Lillie Ward | 23 | 23 | 13 | 14 | 17 | 38 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 9 | 19 | 15.9 |
| Walham Ward | 17 | 29 | 10 | 17 | 15 | 20 | 22 | 20 | 19 | 17 | 19 | 28.8 |
| Margravine Ward | 23 | 15 | 21 | 22 | 40 | 37 | 29 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 26 | 9.8 |
| Munster Ward | 48 | 15 | 24 | 17 | 24 | 38 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 26 | 25 | 19.4 |
| Hurlingham Ward | 19 | 27 | 20 | 22 | 16 | 41 | 27 | 23 | 22 | 19 | 24 | 7.4 |
| Sands End Ward | 36 | 31 | 34 | 22 | 36 | 68 | 28 | 21 | 20 | 27 | 32 | 14.3 |
| Town Ward | 16 | 17 | 13 | 12 | 20 | 21 | 23 | 21 | 10 | 13 | 17 | 7.6 |
| The Borough | 30 | 20 | 20 | 18 | 23 | 38 | 25 | 20 | 16 | 20 | 23 | 14.9 |
| The County of London | 24 | 17 | 16 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 16 | 16.2 |
Enteric Fever.
The number of cases notified in Fulham in 1912 as
enteric fever was 26, or 1.7 per 10,000 inhabitants, compared
with an average of 3.8 per 10,000 in the preceding
ten years.
Fatality.
Among the notified cases there were 6 deaths,
giving a case mortality of 23 per cent., and in addition
to these, two other deaths from enteric fever were
credited to Fulham—that of a Fulham woman who had
been an inmate of Hanwell Asylum for some years, and