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 1915
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1915
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Poliomyelitis.
Two children were notified as suffering from
poliomyelitis. Both recovered, but in each case with
paralysis of some of the muscles of the left leg.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
44 infants were notified as suffering from ophthalmia
by medical practitioners and three by midwifes. With
one exception all are reported to have recovered with
unimpaired sight.
Chickenpox.
Chickenpox was a notifiable disease from March 17th
to June 30th, and in that period 147 notifications were
received. One death in August was attributed to
chickenpox.
Tuberculosis. The notifications received during the year numbered 1432.
| Under Form A.—Cases not previously notified | 793 |
| „ „ B.—By School Medical Officers | 46 |
| „ „ C.—Cases admitted to Poor Law Institutions and Sanatoria | 306 |
| „ „ D.—Cases discharged from Poor Law Institutions and Sanatoria | 287 |
Of the above 558 were notifications of new cases,
461 being of pulmonary and 97 of other forms of
tuberculosis.
The following table gives the sex and ages of the
persons notified :—