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NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following Table gives the number of cases of
infectious diseases notified in Fulham since 1890, where
compulsory notification came into force, excluding duplicated
notifications:—
1890.
1891.
1892.
1893.
1894.
1895.
Smallpox
—
—
3
32
40
2
Scarlet Fever
286
118
517
701
529
339
Diphtheria
70
69
96
230
329
368
Membranous Croup
23
13
15
20
13
18
Enteric Fever
72
51
41
58
37
57
Continued Fever
-
-
—
6
2
3
Typhus Fever
2
3
—
1
—
-
Cholera
—
-
—
5
—
—
Puerperal Fever
6
9
10
18
10
6
Erysipelas
114
67
104
153
113
94
573
330
786
1224
1073
887
Smallpox.
Two cases were notified. In one case the disease was
contracted in Shoreditch; in the other the source of infection
could not be traced.
1,076 cases were notified in London during the year,
Fulham being conspicuously free from the disease.
Scarlet Fever.
339 cases were notified of this disease, which was less
prevalent in Fulham than during the three preceding years.
There were 2.9 cases per 1,000 inhabitants, as compared
with 4.9 per 1,000 in the whole of London, and 6.4, 4.0 and
3.1 for the neighbouring parishes of Chelsea, Hammersmith
and Kensington.