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Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The incidence of Enteric Fever in Fulham during the
preceding 10 years is shown in the following table:-
TABLE XIX.
| 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | Mean of 8 years, 1896-1903. | 1904 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Barons Court Ward | 13 | 17 | 26 | 26 | 21 | 29 | 22 | 9 | 20.4 | 9.6 |
| Lillie „ | 30 | 28 | 36 | 36 | 43 | 58 | 23 | 23 | 34.7 | 12.8 |
| Walham „ | 24 | 38 | 44 | 40 | 29 | 36 | 17 | 29 | 32 2 | 9.7 |
| Margravine „ | 27 | 21 | 41 | 41 | 45 | 40 | 23 | 15 | 31.7 | 20.8 |
| Munster „ | 46 | 33 | 40 | 49 | 62 | 58 | 48 | 15 | 43.9 | 24.0 |
| Hurlingham „ | 12 | 28 | 44 | 51 | 18 | 40 | 19 | 27 | 29.9 | 20.0 |
| Sands End „ | 64 | 75 | 43 | 49 | 77 | 48 | 36 | 31 | 53.0 | 33.6 |
| Town „ | 15 | 11 | 34 | 35 | 36 | 39 | 16 | 17 | 25.4 | 12.6 |
| The Borough | 30 | 32 | 38 | 40 | 47 | 43 | 30 | 20 | | 32.5 | 19.8 |
| The County of London | 31 | 38 | 26 ! | 30 | 26 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 27.4 | 15.5 |
Errors in Diagnosis.
Of the patients notified as suffering from Scarlet Fever 13,
or 4.5 per cent.; from Diphtheria 27, or 9 percent.; and from
Enteric Fever 5, or 11 per cent., were subsequently ascertained
not to be suffering from those diseases.
Puerperal Fever.
Eight cases of Puerperal Fever, or 1.7 per 1,000 births, were
notified, of which four proved fatal, or 0.85 per 1,000 births.
Erysipelas.
131 persons were certified to be suffering from Erysipelas,
which was the assigned cause of seven deaths.
Chicken-pox.
In consequence of the increase of Small-pox in some parts
of London, the London County Council, with the approval of the
Local Government Board, extended to Chicken-pox the