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Fulham 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]

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90
91
TABLE 27. NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED FROM 1900-1938 INCLUSIVE
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Small-Pox
9
16
94
11
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
7
-
-
-
-
-
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
7
-
2
-
-
-
-
-
-
Scarlet Fever
552
600
552
404
294
779
674
668
596
511
354
384
484
766
1,042
621
286
234
228
371
930
961
626
466
360
398
311
360
416
489
595
331
543
720
691
317
323
319
264
Diphtheria
641
644
429
293
302
286
403
604
400
322
257
311
231
270
272
271
312
237
206
336
623
579
438
277
259
276
345
390
359
370
402
225
177
185
473
375
179
206
212
Enteric Fever
92
133
74
80
39
56
45
58
39
41
18
38
26
34
40
14
5
11
15
6
25
7
16
3
7
10
8
11
41
2
13
3
11
5
4
10
16
3
4
Erysipelas
154
132
121
115
131
143
141
128
127
115
115
115
115
121
152
89
73
50
45
75
102
92
94
76
92
74
77
58
81
78
74
86
106
104
117
56
63
63
68
Cholera
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
4
3
7
3
2
5
1
20
12
20
8
9
5
4
1
2
2
3
4
7
4
5
2
9
8
5
6
1
4
12
6
Polio-myelitis
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
5
2
-
-
3
5
2
2
2
5
2
5
7
3
7
3
3
5
3
4
1
2
2
3
4
3
6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
15
13
23
55
47
49
57
44
47
40
30
33
22
27
32
29
33
38
32
19
17
28
15
15
11
13
19
18
Measles
-
Notifiable from 1st January, 1916
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
751
2,021
1,592
615
942
396
2,438
1,951
1,692
589
3,700
463
2,099
948
2,526
110
2,682
163
2,967
41
2,875
807
1,609*
Encephalitis Lethargica
-
Notifiable from 1st January, 1919
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
6
2
7
3
2
21
10
12
5
2
5
2
1
3
-
1
2
-
1
-
Pneumonia
-
Notifiable from 1st March, 1919
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
199
198
215
300
218
326
320
288
310
297
345
207
275
241
203
180
139
226
171
129
Epidemic Diarrhoea
-
Notifiable from 2ndTuly, 1919
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
83
51
140
17
79
40
70
50
18
60
36
31
33
22
13
14
4
6
104
72
Puerperal Fever
9
7
7
19
8
24
17
15
17
34
20
23
30
19
33
24
22
15
12
35
32
27
31
32
26
21
15
16
16
23
17
11
11
11
4
6
6
2
5
Puerperal Pyrexia
-
Notifiable from 1st October, 1926
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
12
28
51
51
33
47
37
27
37
28
25
25
35
Trench Fever
-
Notifiable from 1st March, 1919
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
Dysentery
-
Notifiable from 1st March, 1919
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
9
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
6
1
2
-
-
2
1
4
7
29
29
Malaria
-
Notifiable from 1st March, 1919
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
104
20
9
1
1
3
-
-
1
4
—
2
-
2
1
-
-
-
-
-
* Whooping Cough
-
Notifiable from 1st October, 1938
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
17*
Totals
1,457
1,533
1,277
922
774
1,288
1,280
1,476
1,183
1,026
771
890
906
1,240
1,595
1,093
1,513
2,650
2,152
1,898
2,972
2,474
4,003
3,134
2,862
1,806
4,858
1,709
3,473
2,391
3,933
1,152
3,876
1,454
4,512
997
3,747
1,764
2,474
TABLE 28. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DURING 1900-1938 INCLUSIVE
1900
1901
1902
1903
1904
1905
1906
1907
1908
1909
1910
1911
1912
1913
1914
1915
1916
1917
1918
1919
1920
1921
1922
1923
1924
1925
1926
1927
1928
1929
1930
1931
1932
1933
1934
1935
1936
1937
1938
Small-Pox
-
3
13
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
3
-
-
-
-
-
-
1
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
-
*Measles
80
37
168
62
64
85
53
69
71
74
65
64
65
49
31
121
18
75
46
14
24
2
41
23
29
2
47
-
15
10
27
1
26
2
31
-
14
2
6
Scarlet Fever
23
20
19
8
4
23
18
14
17
10
7
6
6
4
21
17
5
4
4
5
9
15
12
5
5
3
4
1
2
3
2
2
2
6
1
-
1
2
2
Diphtheria
65
48
51
24
24
24
33
38
32
39
14
27
15
15
23
27
20
16
12
32
44
43
33
20
11
11
14
11
13
10
19
9
10
8
30
12
10
4
4
* Whooping Cough
54
76
65
48
58
82
31
75
34
48
60
28
45
27
43
51
32
22
58
4
17
30
26
14
14
35
6
8
12
25
5
7
12
14
7
5
6
7
5
Enteric Fever
19
22
9
16
6
10
13
8
10
4
2
8
8
8
9
4
1
2
5
2
4
1
4
-
1
-
-
2
1
—
1
2
1
-
1
-
3
-
-
Diarrhoea and Enteritis
(Under 2 years)
181
199
140
165
235
202
275
115
130
105
74
211
34
100
127
81
64
71
60
44
36
71
27
25
22
36
30
19
53
35
34
15
22
20
18
19
22
31
24
Totals
422
405
465
323
391
426
423
319
294
280
222
344
173
203
254
304
140
190
185
101
134
162
144
87
82
87
101
41
96
83
88
36
73
50
88
36
56
46
41
Zymotic Death Rate
3.17
2.93
3.25
2.19
2.57
2.73
2.66
2.00
1.94
1.83
1.45
2.25
1.12
1.28
1.62
2.00
0.90
1.31
1.29
0.66
0.88
1.30
0.93
0.53
0.50
0.53
0.60
0.20
0.60
0.50
0.57
0.25
0.49
0.33
0.61
0.25
0.38
0.33
0.30
* Notifiable since 1st October, 1938, in respect of the first case in a house within a period of two months. Before that date, all cases of Measles were notifiable.