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Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE XII.
| Notifable Disease. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | No. of Cases removed to Hospital from each Ward. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Barons Court | Lillie. | Walham. | Margravine | Munster. | Hurlingham. | Sands End. | Town. | Barons Court. | Lillie. | Walham. | Margravine. | Munster. | Hurlingham. | Sands End. | Town. | ||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 1-5. | 15 to 25. 25 to 65 | 65 and upwards. | |||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -—- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 299 | 7 | 114 | 138 | 18 | 22 | - | 11 | 30 | 13 | 38 | 83 | 18 | 89 | 17 | 10 | 23 | 11 | 33 | 76 | 17 | 84 | 11 |
| Membranous Croup | 3 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 131 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 16 | 82 | 6 | 7 | 17 | 12 | 16 | 36 | 5 | 25 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 294 | 3 | 104 | 149 | 26 | 12 | — | 25 | 25 | 28 | 21 | 90 | 11 | 63 | 31 | 20 | 21 | 25 | 21 | 84 | 7 | 56 | 19 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 39 | — | 1 | 6 | 11 | 21 | _ | 6 | 9 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 1 | I | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Continued Fever | — | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | — | - | — | - | 8 | — | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — |
| Totals | 774 | 20 | 230 | 302 | 71 | 145 | 6 | 51 | 81 | 56 | 80 | 221 | 37 | 182 | 66 | 84 | 49 | 39 | 58 | 169 | 25 | 141 | 34 |
Small.Pox.
There was no Small-pox in Fulham during 1904.
In the County of London 491 cases, with 25 deaths, were
reported, the disease being most prevalent in Bethnal Green,
where there were 126 cases.
Primary Vaccination.
The following tables, furnished by Mr. Davies, the Vaccination
Officer, give the Vaccination returns for 1903 and for the first
six months of 1904, those for the last six months not being yet
complete:—