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Fulham 1884
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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parishioners registered and with the number ot the inhabitants.
This District contains so many poor class inhabitants that the
death rate from zymotic diseases is always sure to be rather high.
Of the 4704 (the corrected ) number of deaths from zymotic
diseases which occurred last year there were 13 in St. Peter's
against 11 in the previous year, 207 in St. Paul's against 156 in
the previous year, and 254 in Fulham against 175 in the previous
year. There was therefore a comparative increase of 2 in the
number of these deaths in St. Peter's, an increase of 51 in St.
Paul's, and an increase of 79 in Fulham.
TABLE VI.
The following table shows the deaths from zymotic diseases of parishioners of the Fulham District which took place in the years 1883 and 1884.
| Disease. | Year 1883. | Year 1884. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sub-dist. St Peter's | Sub-dist St. Paul's | Sub-dist. Fulham. | Total | Sub-dist. St Peter's | Sub-dist. St. Paul's | Sub-dist. Fulham. | Total. | |
| Smallpox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 16 | 17 |
| Measles | 3 | 24 | 23 | 50 | 1 | 20 | 76 | 97 |
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 21 | 21 | 43 | 1 | 6 | 12 | 19 |
| Diphtheria | 0 | 8 | 9 | 17 | 3 | 14 | 10 | 27 |
| Whooping Cough | 3 | 27 | 32 | 62 | 4 | 66 | 45 | 115 |
| Typhus Fever | 0 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric Fever . | 1 | 16 | 11 | 28 | 0 | 12 | 3 | 15 |
| Simple Cnd. Fever | 0 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| Diarrhoea | 3 | 52 | /o | 130 | 3 | 76 | 87 | 166 |
| English Cholera | 0 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 13 |
| Total | 11 | 156 | 175 | 342 | 13 | 207 | 254 | 474 |
The above table shows that the deaths last year from scarlet
fever, typhus fever and enteric fever were collectively decreased
40, but that the deaths from smallpox, measles, diphtheria,
whooping-cough, simple continued fever, diarrhoea, and English
Cholera were collectively increased 172. There was therefore
last year a comparative increase of 132 deaths from zymotic
diseases.
SMALLPOX.
During last year 108 cases of smallpox ^males 69 females
39) were reported in this District. The total number of deaths
from smallpox which took place in London last year was 1,251.
This represents about 12,510 persons attacked by the disease.
The number of deaths of parishioners of the Fulham District