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Fulham 1882
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE V.
The following table shews the deaths from zymotic diseases (ex-elusive of those of nonparishioners that took place at the Western District Hospital at Fulham) registered in the Fulham District in the years 1881 and 1882.
| Disease. | Sub-dist. St. Peters | sub-dist St.Pauls | Sub-dist Fulham | Total. | Sub-dist-St. Peters I | Sub-dist St. Pauls | Sub-dist Fulham | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 44 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Measles | 2 | 36 | 25 | 63 | 1 | 40 | 23 | 64 |
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 45 | 17 | 65 | 9 | 19 | 57 | 85 |
| Diphtheria | 3 | 8 | 10 | 21 | 0 | 14 | 13 | 27 |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 31 | 6 | 37 | 4 | 77 | 127 | 208 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric Fever | 0 | 14 | 11 | 25 | 3 | 17 | 6 | 26 |
| Simple Cnt. Fever | 1 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 |
| Diarrhoea | 7 | 83 | 49 | 139 | 2 | 45 | 25 | 72 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 |
| Total | 18 | 220 | 162 | 400 | 19 | 215 | 253 | 487 |
*Five cases occurred within a half mile radius of the late Fulhain
small-pox hospital. It is very satisfactory to be able to record
that out of all the cases reported last year no second person contracted
the disease in the same house after the outbreak was
reported. In two instances fresh cases occurred, but allowing the
period of incubation (14 days) it will be seen that the patients had
contracted the disease on or before the day that the first case was
reported. The two cases which occurred at the West London Hospital
came from the parish of Acton. One from Bollo Bridge Road,
and one from Osborne Road. The patients had come over from
Acton to obtain medical advice at the hospital not knowing that
they were suffering from small-pox. Directly it was discovered
that they were suffering from the disease they were isolated from
the other out-door patients and afterwards removed to a small-pox
hospital by your Inspector.
The first case at Mendora Road was treated at home for several
days before it was reported to your officers. It was found to be
necessary to threaten to apply to the magistrate for an order for
the removal of the first case as the mother strongly objected to