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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 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1923
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Table IV.—Cases of Infections Diseases notified during the Year 1923.
| Notifiable Diseases. | 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. | Huriingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | |||||||||||
| 0-1. | 1-2. | 2-3. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-20. | 20 35. | 35-45. | 45-65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 277 | 7 | 21 | 27 | 29 | 13 | 83 | 51 | 38 | 6 | o | 16 | 47 | 45 | 37 | 54 | 20 | 46 | 12 | 271 | 20 | |
| Erysipelas | 76 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 20 | 17 | — | 13 | 7 | 18 | 20 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 48 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 466 | 11 | 15 | 26 | 41 | 32 | 195 | 103 | 33 | 6 | 4 | — | 16 | 111 | 44 | 63 | 100 | 24 | 87 | 21 | 448 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | — |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 11 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 2 | — | 29 | 9 |
| 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Polio-myelitis | 5 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | —" | 1 | 1 | 1 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatoru m | 22 | 22 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | 7 | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 319 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 43 | 120 | 47 | 80 | 12 | 18 | 62 | 26 | 53 | 74 | 11 | 46 | 29 | — | 149 |
| Disseminated Tuberculosis ... | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 8 |
| Other Tuberculous Diseases... | 151 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 47 | 43 | 18 | V | 8 | — | 3 | 21 | 11 | 30 | 42 | 6 | 31 | 7 | — | 24 |
| Measles | 1,951 | 84 | 189 | 184 | 284 | 296 | 796 | 100 | 13 | 5 | — | — | 68 | 311 | 342 | 100 | 347 | 102 | 560 | 121 | 106 | 23 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 218 | 12 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 3 | 23 | 19 | 37 | 28 | 42 | 16 | 12 | 34 | 9 | 50 | 54 | 9 | 38 | 12 | 161 | 174 |
| Diarrhoea | 79 | 4a | 17 | 12 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 16 | 7 | 19 | 15 | — | 18 | 3 | 50 | 25 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 3,608 | 190 | 266 | 272 | 379 | 355 | 1,157 | 371 | 295 | 120 | 159 | 44 | 140 | 624 | 502 | 382 | 721 | 181 | 848 | 210 | 1,127 | 442 |