London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Fulham 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
(14)
The following are some of the infectious disease rates for Fulham as compared with London and England & Wales:
| Notifications | Rates per 1,000 Population | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | London | England & Wales | ||||
| Scarlet Fever | 0.57 | 1.39 | ||||
| Diphtheria | — | 0.00 | ||||
| Meningococcal Infection | 0.02 | 0.03 | 0.03 | |||
| Whooping Cough | 4.33 | 3.30 | 3.58 | |||
| Measles | 7.41 | 8.09 | 12.36 | |||
| Pneumonia | 0.36 | 0.73 | 0.84 | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis: | ||||||
| Paralytic | 0.05 | 0.07 | 0.07 | |||
| Non-paralytic | 0.03 | 0.04 | ||||
| Food Poisoning | 0.38 | 0.24 | ||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | Rates per 1,000 Total Live & Still Births | |||||
| Fulham | London | England & Wales | ||||
| 13.53 | 18.23 | |||||
PREVALENCE OF AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS AND OTHER DISEASES.
Smallpox: There were 10 contacts of smallpox or persons from smallpox
areas abroad requiring observations during the year.
Poliomyelitis:
25 suspect cases were admitted to hospital for observation
during the year. Of these 7 cases were confirmed as suffering
from paralytic poliomyelitis and 2 cases confirmed
as suffering from non-paralytic poliomyelitis. Of the
total number of cases, 1 occurred in a child under 5 years,
6 occurred in children of school age and the remaining 2
cases were adult.
Food
Poisoning:
There was one outbreak of food poisoning concerning 12
Fulham residents. This outbreak occurred in Hammersmith.
14 other isolated cases were notified. There is no doubt
that a considerable amount of food poisoning exists which
is not notified as those suffering from it do not consult
their doctor unless they are seriously ill. It is then
usually impossible to obtain and investigate suspected
articles of food.
Scabies and
allied conditions:
Treatment was arranged for 23 adults and 5 children at the
Kensington Medicinal Baths.
Dysentery:
There were 60 cases of dysentery notified during the year,
but in 12 instances diagnosis was not confirmed. Of the
confirmed cases 35 notifications were in respect of Sonne
dysentery.