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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 1906

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Table: The cases which were reported to the Medical Officer of Health by the teachers of the schools numbered 496, and were distributed as under: —

The cases which were reported to the Medical Officer of Health by the teachers of the schools numbered 496, and were distributed as under: —

Cases.
Baron's Court Ward12
Lillie Ward63
Walham Ward54
Margravine Ward71
Munster Ward143
Hurlingham Ward6
Sands End Ward127
Town Ward20
496

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Whooping Cough.
Thirty-one deaths were ascribed to whooping cough, representing
a death-rate of 0.19 per 1,000; the mean rate for
the preceding ten years being 0.49 per 1,000.
Diarrhœa.
Diarrhoea was the cause of 243 deaths, of which 192 or 80
per cent. were of infants under one year of age, and 37 of
children aged between one and five years.
In addition to these the majority of the 35 deaths ascribed
to Gastro-Enteritis and kindred disorders were of the same
nature, and in Table IV. the deaths registered under these
names of children under the age of one year are included
under the heading of Diarrhœa.

Table: The ages of the children reported as suffering from Measles were as under:—

The ages of the children reported as suffering from Measles were as under:—

Under one year ...14
1-2 years29
2-3 „34
3-4 ,,42
4-5 ,,83
5-7 ,,234
7-10 „50
10-15 ,10
496