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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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528 or 82 per cent. of the cases notified in Fulham were
removed to hospital, and of these 37 or 7.0 per cent. died, the
fatality of the cases treated at home being 9.5 per cent.
The following table gives the fatality at different age periods
of hospital and home cases:
| 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 18005 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | Average 10 years, 1891-1900 | 1901 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Fulham | 1.3 | 5.5 | 6.8 | 4.9 | 3.0 | 5.4 | 6.3 | 6.5 | 6.5 | 4.1 | 5.0 | 4.3 |
| Kensington | 1.9 | 4.3 | 5.6 | 2.3 | 3.1 | 6.0 | 4.4 | 2.8 | 2.6 | 2.1 | 3.5 | 2.7 |
| Hammersmith ............... | 2.3 | 4.6 | 6.7 | 3.2 | 3.6 | 5.1 | 3.7 | 4.3 | 4.1 | 3.2 | 4.1 | 3.1 |
| Chelsea Home District ... | 2.0 | 5.0 | 6.5 | 3.1 | 6.6 | 5.7 | 4.1 | 3.5 | 3.0 | 2.5 | 4.2 | 2.fi |
| 2.7 | 6.4 | 8.6 | 4.3 | 4.5 | 5.8 | 5.1 | 3.8 | 4.0 | 3.0 | 4.8 | 4.1 |
Comparative prevalence of Diphtheria.
In London there was a slight increase in the prevalence of
diphtheria in 1901, 12,154 cases being notified, against 11,994
in 1900.
The disease again showed a higher proportional prevalence
in Fulham than in any other borough, but the fatality was but
little above that of the County of London, and was exceeded in
six boroughs.