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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 1960
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| -1 | 1-2 | 3-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65- | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | - | 2 | 8 | 8 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 21 |
| Whooping Cough | 13 | 37 | 38 | 46 | 3 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 140 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis' | ||||||||||
| Paralytic | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 5 | 9 | 10 | 15 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 40 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 15 |
| Dysentery | 5 | 17 | 16 | 32 | 16 | 7 | 28 | 8 | 2 | 131 |
| Snallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis Infective | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Acute Encephalitis Post Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | 6 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pood Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 26 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 17 | - | - | 23 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 6 |
| Tuberculosis Pulmonary | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 10 | 23 | 23 | 10 | 71 |
| Tuberculosis Non-Paimonary | - | 1 | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| 30 | 71 | 77 | 106 | 27 | 33 | 86 | 50 | 17 | 497 |
Notifications of Infectious Disease
The incidence of infectious disease was again low and there was no
serious epidemic during the year
There were 497 notifications a decrease of 784 over 1959
Three cases of poliomyelitis wer notified Two paralytic cases
were Fulham residents; one paralytic case was a non-resident
Whooping Cough continues to be a relatively unimportant disease
the nation - wide vaccination against this disease having effectively
reduced the liability to this very distressing and damaging complaint
of infants and young children.