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 1913
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1913
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TABLE XXI.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | ||||||||
| 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) | 270 | 8 | 92 | 134 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 43 | 24 | 33 | 61 | 22 | 70 | 11 | 258 |
| Erysipelas | 121 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 9 | 38 | 38 | 19 | 2 | 23 | 10 | 30 | 25 | 6 | 23 | 2 | 64* |
| Scarlet Fever | 766 | 7 | 172 | 499 | 49 | 39 | - | - | 29 | 108 | 64 | 79 | 205 | 36 | 200 | 45 | 721 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 34 | - | 1 | 9 | 10 | 10 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 25 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 19 | - | - | - | 4 | 15 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 17 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 5 | - | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Poliolyelitis | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 765 | 2 | 22 | 181 | 113 | 289 | 146 | 12 | 30 | 118 | 72 | 99 | 206 | 35 | 150 | 55 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 289 | 4 | 54 | 160 | 29 | 27 | 14 | 1 | 9 | 40 | 24 | 35 | 78 | 15 | 72 | 16 | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 23 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | 9 |
| Totals | 2294 | 46 | 355 | 991 | 235 | 429 | 204 | 34 | 84 | 343 | 198 | 295 | 590 | 118 | 528 | 138 | 1100 |
* Removed to Fulham Infirmary.