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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 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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TABLE 2. INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1939.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Number of cases notified | Total cases removed to Hospital | Deaths | D.N.C. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At Ages – Years | |||||||||||||||
| 0- | 1- | 2- | 3- | 4- | 5- | 10- | 15- | 20- | 35- | 45- | 65- | |||||
| Smallpox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Cholera, Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria | 158 | 1 | 10 | 13 | 1 | 14 | 55 | 27 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 1 | – | 158 | 3 | 8 |
| Erysipelas | 45 | 2 | 1 | – | – | – | 3 | – | – | 6 | 8 | 16 | 9 | 31 | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 140 | – | 6 | 7 | 15 | 17 | 67 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 3 | – | – | 131 | – | 6 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | – |
| Relapsing and Continued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | 4 | – | – |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 17 | 3 | 1 | – | 17 | – | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 8 | – | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 12 | 12 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 7 | – | – |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 192 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 22 | 91 | 30 | 39 | 8 | – | 99 | – |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 39 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 4 | 3 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | – | 9 | – |
| Measles | 42 | 5 | 9 | 6 | – | 4 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | – | – | – | 13 | – | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – |
| Pneumonia | 128 | 4 | 8 | 4 | – | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 23 | 20 | 36 | 10 | 63 | 109 | |
| Diarrhoea | 25 | 16 | 7 | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 23 | 20 | – |
| Malaria | – | – | 7 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Dysentery | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 6 | – | – |
| Trench Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Whooping Cough | 263 | 25 | 38 | 45 | 44 | 45 | 60 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | 24 | 1 | – |
| Totals | 1087 | 67 | 82 | 80 | 73 | 85 | 209 | 57 | 56 | 174 | 77 | 97 | 30 | 488 | 243 | 16 |