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Fulham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Scarlet Fever.
TABLE XV.
| No. of Births Registered from Jan. 1st, 1905, to Dec. 31st., 1905. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Dead Un vaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Certificates granted under Clause 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898. | Removed to Districts in which Vaccination Officer has been notified. | Removed to places unknown. | Outstanding. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4,763 | 3,794 | 11 | 442 | 39 | 69 | 26 | 1 * | 11 |
The 674 cases were from 524 houses.
Houses with one case 423
„ „ two cases 67
„ „ three „ 23
„ „ four „ 7
„ „ five „ 4
Isolation.-642, or 92.6 per cent. of the patients notified,
were removed to the hospital for treatment.
Fatality.—The disease was the cause of 18 deaths representing
a case mortality of 2.7 percent., which was slightly
below that of 1905, when it was 3 per cent.
Return Cases.—Twelve cases occurred within fourteen
days of the return of a child living in the same house, from
one of the Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals after recovery
from a similar attack.
Distribution.—In Table XIII. will be found the number
of cases notified in each ward of the Borough, and the following
table shows the proportional prevalence of Scarlet Fever
in the several wards during 1906 and the preceding ten years.
TABLE XVI.
| No. of Births Registered from Jan. ist, 1906, to June 30th, 1906. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Dead Unvaccinated. | Postponed by Medical Certificate. | Certificates granted under Clause 2 of Vaccination Act, 1898. | Removed to Districts in which Vaccination Officer lias been notified. | Removed to places unknown. | Outstanding. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2,420 | 1,875 | 6 | 181 | 72 | 49 | 15 | 208 | 14 |
TABLE XVII.
The following table shows the proportion of children who have escaped vaccination during the ten years, 1896-1905.
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Insusceptible of Vaccination. | Died Unvaccinated. | Vaccination postponed. | Removed, &c. | Certificates granted under Clause 2 of the Vaccination Act of 1898. | Percentage not finally accounted for. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1896 | 4,015 | 3,151 | 24 | 434 | 34 | 372 | 10.7 | |
| 1897 | 4,107 | 3,341 | 22 | 432 | 42 | 266 | 4 | 8.2 |
| 1898 | 4,311 | 3,170 | 23 | 453 | 78 | 497 | 90 | 16.0 |
| 1899 | 4,581 | 3,360 | 27 | 615 | 76 | 384 | 66 | 12.1 |
| 1900 | 4,552 | 3,345 | 13 | 470 | 65 | 458 | 63 | 13.2 |
| 1901 | 4,605 | 3,603 | 11 | 641 | 19 | 478 | 53 | 12.2 |
| 1902 | 4,790 | 3,700 | 19 | 457 | 51 | 439 | 29 | 11.3 |
| 1903 | 4,797 | 3,755 | 13 | 423 | 66 | 479 | 61 | 13.0 |
| 1904 | 4,925 | 3,834 | 17 | 505 | 47 | 449 | 60 | 11.2 |
| 1905 | 4,763 | 3,794 | 11 | 442 | 39 | 398 | 69 | 10.9 |