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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 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1915
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TABLE IX. Cases of Infections Diseases notified during the Year 1915.
| 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 | 7 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 7 |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Mem-branous Croup) | 271 | 6 | 94 | 131 | 22 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 48 | 12 | 28 | 90 | 25 | 37 | 14 | 256 |
| Erysipelas | 89 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 34 | 21 | 14 | 7 | 21 | 7 | 9 | 19 | 3 | 18 | 5 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 621 | 4 | 156 | 376 | 42 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 25 | 100 | 47 | 67 | 171 | 54 | 126 | 31 | 585 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 14 | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 4 | - | 2 | 5 | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 12 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 24 | - | - | - | 7 | 16 | 1 | - | - | 7 | 1 | 4 | 9 | - | 1 | 2 | 24 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 20 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 5 | - | - | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 4 | - | 18 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 47 | 47 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 11 | - | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 433 | 2 | 14 | 59 | 87 | 190 | 70 | 11 | 16 | 89 | 42 | 66 | 112 | 13 | 60 | 35 | - |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 88 | 8 | 18 | 41 | 13 | 6 | 2 | - | 6 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 7 | - |
| *Chicken Pox | 147 | 10 | 60 | 69 | 6 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 23 | 8 | 25 | 55 | 9 | 10 | 13 | - |
| Totals | 1761 | 82* | 354 | 687 | 192 | 317 | 102 | 27 | 80 | 323 | 132 | 222 | 499 | 117 | 281 | 107 | 941 |
* Notifiable from March 17th to June 30th, 1915.