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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Table IV.—
| Notifiable Diseases. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward of the Borough. | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Baron's Court Ward. | Lillk' Ward. | Walham Ward. | Margravine Ward. | Munster Ward. | Hurlingham Ward. | Sands End Ward. | Town Ward. | ||||||||||||||
| 0—1. | 1—2. | 2—3. | 3—4. | 4—5. | 5—10. | 10—15. | 15—20. | 20—35. | 35—45. | 45—65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Smallpox | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | – |
| Cholera, Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 177 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 18 | 19 | 58 | 23 | 10 | 17 | – | 3 | 1 | 12 | 32 | 25 | 23 | 30 | 17 | 30 | 8 | 172 | 10 |
| Erysipelas | 106 | 4 | – | – | – | 4 | 6 | 18 | 16 | 36 | 16 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 17 | 21 | 10 | 15 | 6 | 81 | 10 | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 543 | 5 | 26 | 32 | 30 | 56 | 216 | 84 | 34 | 50 | 10 | – | – | 31 | 153 | 85 | 58 | 83 | 34 | 69 | 30 | 519 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | – | – | – | 1 | – | 2 | 4 | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | – | – | 10 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever, Con tinued Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 9 | 2 | – | – | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | – | 10 | 5 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 27 | 8 | – | – | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 6 | – | 34 | – |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 1 | 1 | i | 1 | – | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | – | 1 | 8 | 5 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 28 | 28 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | – | 6 | 3 | 16 | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System | 232 | 1 | – | 2 | – | – | 4 | 2 | 24 | 96 | 34 | 61 | 8 | 25 | 30 | 28 | 21 | 52 | 14 | 38 | 24 | – | 135 |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 82 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 19 | 11 | 8 | 19 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 7 | 14 | 14 | 19 | 4 | 13 | 2 | – | 23 | |
| Measles | 2682 | 132 | 279 | 285 | 326 | 439 | 1121 | 67 | 8 | 22 | 1 | 2 | – | 213 | 474 | 324 | 313 | 620 | 112 | 426 | 200 | 355 | 26 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 2 |
| Pneumonia | 241 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 6 | 22 | 11 | 17 | 61 | 38 | 45 | 25 | 15 | 40 | 38 | 37 | 56 | 10 | 33 | 12 | 159 | 107 |
| Diarrhoea | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 20 | 22 | ||
| Malaria | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Dysentery | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | — | |
| Trench Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Total | 4190 | 193 | 325 | 355 | 384 | 523 | 1448 | 208 | 111 | 325 | 113 | 154 | 51 | 324 | 779 | 543 | 500 | 905 | 207 | 642 | 290 | 1391 | 349 |