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Fulham 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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The deaths and the death-rate from Measles during the
preceding 10 years are shown in the following table:—
The cases which were reported to the Medical Officer of Health by the teachers of the Schools numbered 831, and were distributed as under:—
| Cases reported. | |
|---|---|
| Barons Court Ward | 32 |
| Lillie „ | 71 |
| Walham „ | 58 |
| Margravine „ | 51 |
| Munster „ | 140 |
| Hurlingham „ | 21 |
| Sands End „ | 441 |
| Town „ | 17 |
| 831 |
Whooping Cough.
58 deaths were ascribed to Whooping Cough, representing a
death-rate of (V39 per 1,000; the mean death-rate of the
preceding 10 years being 0.50 per 1,000.
Diarrhoea.
Under the heading Diarrhoea are included several different
affections confounded with one another on account of the presence
of Diarrhoea as a symptom, hut there is no doubt that Summer
Diarrhoea, which is so fatal to infants, is essentially a specific
disease.
The deaths ascribed to Diarrhoea, Epidemic Enteritis or
Zymotic Enteritis, numbered 224, corresponding with a death-rate
of 1.47 per 1,000, or 0.32 above the decennial average of 1.15.
183 deaths, or 8.5 per cent., were of infants under one year
of age, and 33of children between one and five years of age.
In addition to the deaths due to Diarrhoea or its synonyms,
31 deaths were ascribed to Grastro-Enteritis, Muco-Enteritis, &c.,
the majority of which were doubtless of the same nature.