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 1919
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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TABLE X.
| 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 Ward. | Sands 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. | |||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C), Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 336 | 13 | 81 | 204 | 22 | 14 | 2 | — | 17 | 47 | 27 | 32 | 79 | 14 | 95 | 25 | 305 |
| Erysipelas | 75 | — | 1 | 8 | 8 | 24 | 25 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 18 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 32 |
| Scarlet Fever | 371 | 3 | 54 | 275 | 29 | 9 | 1 | — | 9 | 50 | 23 | 47 | 122 | 10 | 80 | 30 | 327 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 35 | — | — | — | 11 | 24 | — | — | 3 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 31 |
| Cere0bro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 47 | 47 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 6 | 2 | 7 | 14 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 442 | 1 | 6 | 62 | 90 | 195 | 82 | 6 | 26 | 74 | 42 | 51 | 119 | 20 | 75 | 35 | — |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 127 | — | 24 | 70 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 19 | 13 | 18 | 35 | 3 | 16 | 13 | — |
| Measles | 615 | 18 | 228 | 347 | 11 | 11 | — | — | 33 | 18 | 50 | 88 | 115 | 58 | 209 | 44 | 45 |
| German Measles | 121 | 4 | 34 | 60 | 14 | 8 | 1 | — | 12 | 13 | 2 | 22 | 48 | 2 | 14 | 8 | 3 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 199 | 6 | 26 | 30 | 25 | 62 | 33 | 17 | 20 | 36 | 14 | 35 | 53 | 6 | 24 | 11 | 50 |
| Diarrhcea | 83 | 44 | 39 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 12 | 14 | 10 | 12 | 4 | 17 | 11 | 25 |
| Malaria | 104 | — | — | — | 23 | 76 | 5 | — | 5 | 19 | 8 | 13 | 42 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 9 | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Trench Fever | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 2,589 | 138 | 497 | 1,062 | 256 | 446 | 156 | 34 | 146 | 316 | 212 | 339 | 673 | 126 | 570 | 207 | 850 |