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Fulham 1935
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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TABLE 35. TABLE SHOWING THE AGE AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF THE CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1935.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Baron's Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham 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—15. | 15—20. | 20—35. | 35—45. | 45—65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 375 | 8 | 9 | 18 | 39 | 30 | 157 | 56 | 14 | 35 | 3 | 6 | — | 40 | 55 | 93 | 19 | 46 | 27 | 75 | 20 | 375 | 12 |
| Erysipelas | 56 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 8 | 7 | 24 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 9 | 16 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 39 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 317 | — | 17 | 20 | 22 | 36 | 104 | 54 | 17 | 38 | 8 | 1 | — | 28 | 38 | 43 | 41 | 71 | 22 | 52 | 22 | 307 | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 10 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | — |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 6 | _— | — | — | —_ | —_ | — | — | 1 | 5 | - | - | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | - | — | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 24 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 27 | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 7 | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 185 | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 4 | 6 | 11 | 88 | 29 | 43 | 2 | 26 | 27 | 15 | 19 | 45 | 7 | 26 | 20 | _ | 111 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 55 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 10 | 5 | 5 | 14 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 5 | 10 | — | 17 |
| Measles | 41 | 11 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | — | — | - | _— | — | 1 | _— | _— | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 139 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 19 | 20 | 32 | 12 | 7 | 22 | 10 | 29 | 42 | 7 | 17 | 5 | 54 | 84 |
| Diarrhoea | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 | 22 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 1237 | 44 | 45 | 49 | 72 | 77 | 301 | 134 | 61 | 241 | 74 | 111 | 28 | 127 | 169 | 189 | 137 | 256 | 78 | 193 | 88 | 843 | 251 |