London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total cases removed to Hospital, | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Barons Court Ward. | Lillie Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65 | 65 and upwards | |||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup | 206 | 6 | 68 | 101 | 16 | 14 | 1 | _ | 6 | 39 | 18 | 23 | 76 | 6 | 29 | 9 | 202 |
| Erysipelas | 45 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 15 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 228 | — | 57 | 135 | 20 | 14 | 2 | — | 7 | 27 | 12 | 28 | 57 | 10 | 65 | 22 | 203 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 15 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 11 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 3 | — | 1 | 5 | 7 |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 8 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 7 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 44 | 44 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 9 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 566 | — | 9 | 136 | 114 | 214 | 87 | 6 | 12 | 101 | 44 | 91 | 155 | 35 | 90 | 38 | —_ |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 80 | 2 | 4 | 46 | 14 | 11 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 8 | 7 | 10 | 25 | 4 | 18 | 3 | — |
| Measles | 1592 | 62 | 797 | 697 | 25 | 10 | 1 | — | 54 | 209 | 123 | 264 | 391 | 132 | 310 | 109 | 46 |
| German Measles | 125 | 3 | 46 | 55 | 7 | 14 | — | — | 6 | 23 | 6 | 11 | 30 | 10 | 27 | 12 | 2 |
| Totals | 2923 | 120 | 985 | 1178 | 209 | 308 | 109 | 14 | 94 | 428 | 220 | 444 | 769 | 200 | 569 | 209 | 501 |