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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 1916

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916

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Table: TABLE VIII. Cases of Infections Diseases notified during the Year 1916.

TABLE VIII. Cases of Infections Diseases notified during the Year 1916.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified,Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Barons Court Ward.Lillie Ward.Walham Ward.Margravine Ward.Munster Ward.Hurlingham WardSands End Ward.Town Ward.Total cases removed to Hospital.
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)31241021672415--3752447867619305
Erysipelas7321462228103174924295-
Scarlet Fever286-7717420141-955222962236818264
Typhus Fever-----------------
Enteric Fever5--122----3--2---4
Relapsing Fever (R)Continued Fever (c)-----------------
Puerperal Fever22---814---623317-17
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis12-33321--331311-11
Poliomyelitis3-3---------21--1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum4949------1851310111--
Pulmonary Tuberculosis4961121079920568421753990120267847-
Other forms of Tuberculosis9711163913117-911615262199-
Measles7513726436951291-3273451602255011155-
German Measles70312984437170816268264621460121106-
Totals2809116576130729738411415140394176413777174486249602