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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every case of pulmonary tuberculosis occurring in the
course of his public or of his private practice.
During the year 1,173 new cases were notified, 609
males and 564 females. 679 re-notifications of cases
previously notified were also received.
The sources of the notifications were as under:-
| Notifications of persons resident in Fulham Infirmary | 280 |
| Notifications of persons resident in other Poor Law Infirmaries | 21 |
| Notifications by District Medical Officers | 215 |
| Notifications of persons discharged from Fulham Infirmary | 111 |
| Notifications of persons discharged from other Poor Law Infirmaries | 17 |
| Notifications from Fulham Dispensary | 734 |
| Notifications from other Hospitals and Dispensaries | 214 |
| Notifications from Private Practitioners | 232 |
| Notifications from School Medical Officers | 28 |
| 1852 |
In December, 1912, the Local Government Board
issued further Tuberculosis Regulations, which came
into force on February 1st, 1913, requiring all forms of
tuberculosis, non-pulmonary as well as pulmonary, to be
notified.
Mortality from Tuberculosis.
213 deaths (130 of males and 83 of females) were
registered from phthisis (tuberculosis of the lungs), being
13 in excess of the average number in the ten years
1902-1911.