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 1914
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914
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TABLE XIII.
| 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) | 272 | 1 | 78 | 140 | 31 | 19 | 3 | — | 15 | 57 | 16 | 39 | 82 | 9 | 36 | 18 | 255 |
| Erysipelas | 152 | 3 | 4 | 11 | 13 | 36 | 52 | 33 | 8 | 34 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 11 | 31 | 5 | 73 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1042 | — | 238 | — | — | — | — | — | 30 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 40 | — | 1 | 2 | 16 | 18 | 3 | — | 2 | 6 | 6 | 2 | 9 | — | 7 | 8 | 35 |
| Continued Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 33 | — | — | — | 4 | 29 | — | — | — | 9 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 32 |
| 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 55 | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 6 | 15 | 19 | 1 | 10 | — | 17 |
| 551 | 1 | 23 | 95 | 90 | 227 | 105 | 10 | 27 | 84 | 80 | 83 | 126 | 17 | 99 | 35 | — | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 164 | 2 | 33 | 86 | 17 | 15 | 8 | 3 | 10 | 21 | 18 | 25 | 36 | 7 | 34 | 13 | — |
| Totals | 2311 | 70 | 377 | 981 | 267 | 398 | 172 | 46 | 92 | 359 | 193 | 376 | 579 | 82 | 494 | 136 | 1331 |