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Fulham 1906
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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In all cases in which permission could be obtained the
rooms, bedding, &c., were disinfected after the removal or
death of the patient.
The following table gives the Phthisis death-rates of
Fulham, the adjoining boroughs and the County of London
during the preceding ten years:—
TABLE XXIV.
| Death-rate from Phthisis. | Death-rate from other Tubercular Diseases. | Death-rate from all Tubercular Diseases. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Baron's Court Ward | 0.85 | 0.08 | 0.93 |
| Lillie Ward | 1.11 | 0.17 | 1.28 |
| Walham Ward | 0.74 | 0.52 | 1.26 |
| Margravine Ward | 1.63 | 0.49 | 2.12 |
| Munster Ward | 1.14 | 0.38 | 1.72 |
| Hurlingham Ward | 1.20 | 0.55 | 1.75 |
| Sands End Ward | 1.18 | 0.59 | 1.77 |
| Town Ward | 1.13 | 0.30 | 1.43 |
| The Borough | 1.14 | 0.44 | 1.58 |
The Royal Commission appointed in 1901 to inquire and
report with respect to Tuberculosis—
1. Whether the disease in animals and man is one and
the same;
2. Whether animals and man can be reciprocally
fected with it;
3. Under what conditions, if at all, the transmission of
the diseases from animals to man takes place, and
what are the circumstances favourable or unfavourable
to such transmission;
have recently issued a second interim report, in which they
say:—
"There can be no doubt that in a certain number of
cases the tuberculosis occurring in the human subject,
especially in children, is the direct result of the introduction
into the human body of the bacillus of bovine tuber-
The cases notified in the various wards were as under:—
| Baron's Court Ward | 3 |
| Lillie Ward | 22 |
| Walham Ward | 13 |
| Margravine Ward | 30 |
| Munster Ward | 42 |
| Hurlingham Ward | 7 |
| Sands End Ward | 25 |
| Town Ward | 6 |