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Fulham 1914

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1914

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TABLE XVII. Number of cases of Diphtheria notified per 10,000 of the population

1904190519061907190819091910191119121913Mean of 10 years 1904-13.1914
Baron's Court Ward1020177131014141551312
Lillie Ward13141738241610916171823
Walham Ward101715202220191729191913
Margravine Ward212240372926232710172521
Munster Ward ..241724382522142619162321
Hurlingham Ward20221641272322198222210
Sands End Ward342236682821202714263014
Town Ward1312202123211013861514
The Borough201823382520162015172117
The County of London1614181917148816171520

Enteric Fever.
40 persons were notified as suffering from enteric
fever and one case of enteric fever was notified as
continued fever, representing an attack rate of 2.6
per 10,000 inhabitants, the decennial average being 2.9
per 10,000. There were 9 deaths and deducting 6 cases
of which the diagnosis was not confirmed, the case
mortality was 26 per cent.
One patient had been employed at Eastbourne, as
masseur to a gentleman who had suffered from typhoid
two years before, and it was stated that the masseur who
preceded him had also contracted typhoid. On my
communicating with the Medical Officer of Health for
Eastbourne, the employer was examined and found to
be a "carrier," the bacillus typhosus being isolated from
his excreta.