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Fulham 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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TABLE 26 TABLE SHOWING THE AGE AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF THE CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1938
| Notifiable Diseases. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward of Borough | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | D.N.C. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At allAges. | At Ages—Years. | Baron's Court | Lillie | Walham | Margravine | Munster | Hurlingham | Sands End | Town | |||||||||||||||
| 0—1 | 1—2 | 2—3 | 3-4 | 4—5 | 5—10 | 10—15 | 15—20 | 20—35 | 35—45 | I45—65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 212 | 2 | 9 | 10 | 15 | 25 | 80 | 21 | 15 | 22 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 16 | 33 | 27 | 29 | 35 | 10 | 45 | 17 | 211 | 4 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | 68 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 11 | 11 | 22 | 15 | 2 | 11 | 7 | 9 | 14 | 3 | 11 | 11 | 42 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 264 | 2 | 12 | 21 | 35 | 39 | 99 | 21 | 11 | 16 | 7 | — | 1 | 20 | 37 | 29 | 37 | 71 | 27 | 29 | 14 | 229 | 2 | 6 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | I | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | —_ | —_ | —_ | 1 | 4 | — | — | |
| Relapsing and Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 35 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 25 | 6 | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 35 | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 6 | 3 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 18 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 11 | — | — | |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 205 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 7 | 2 | 21 | 99 | 24 | 47 | 3 | 29 | 28 | 21 | 18 | 46 | 9 | 31 | 23 | — | 107 | — |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuber- culosis | 26 | 1 | — | 3 | 9 | — | 4 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | — | 14 | — |
| Measles | 1,609 | 91 | 182 | 156 | 249 | 292 | 551 | 49 | 19 | 19 | 1 | — | — | 62 | 240 | 198 | 229 | 301 | 88 | 385 | 106 | 206 | 6 | 6 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 129 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 10 | 12 | 34 | 18 | 9 | 26 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 6 | 26 | 9 | — | 95 | — |
| Diarrhoea | 72 | 42 | 19 | 6 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 66 | 24 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 29 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 27 | — | — |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 17 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 5 | 5 | — |
| Totals | 2,705 | 169 | 236 | 208 | 316 | 374 | 765 | 102 | 87 | 220 | 73 | 111 | 44 | 156 | 424 | 323 | 381 | 511 | 153 | 551 | 206 | 853 | — | 18 |
* 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.