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Fulham 1936
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE 27.
MONTHLY DISTRIBUTION OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
| Notifiable Disease. | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Totals. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pneumonia | 39 | 19 | 34 | 17 | 23 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 27 | 226 |
| Scarlet Fever | 19 | 20 | 29 | 26 | 41 | 45 | 26 | 12 | 24 | 23 | 30 | 28 | 323 |
| Diphtheria | 21 | 27 | 14 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 10 | 17 | 20 | 15 | 10 | 179 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | - | - | - | 3 | 6 | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 25 |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 63 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — | - | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 13 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | - | 1 | - | 4 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | _ | _ | 16 |
| Polio-myelitis | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | _ | ___ | 4 | |||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | _ | ||
| Measles | 54 | 440 | 1222 | 782 | 245 | 86 | 23 | 5 | 10 | - | 3 | 5 | 2875 |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | - | - | _ | 2 | 7 | |||
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | |
| 152 | 513 | 1311 | 856 | 328 | 161 | 79 | 41 | 74 | 75 | 73 | 84 | 3747 |
TABLE 28.
COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1930-1930.
TABLE 28. COMPARATIVE STATEMENT OF NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES. 1930-1936.
| 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 595 | 331 | 543 | 720 | 691 | 317 | 323 |
| Pneumonia | 207 | 275 | 241 | 203 | 180 | 139 | 226 |
| Diphtheria | 402 | 225 | 177 | 185 | 473 | 375 | 179 |
| Erysipelas | 74 | 86 | 106 | 104 | 117 | 56 | 63 |
| Puerperal Fever | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 33 | 47 | 37 | 27 | 37 | 28 | 25 |
| Enteric Fever | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 13 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | - |
| Polio-myelitis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Measles | 2526 | 110 | 2682 | 163 | 2967 | 41 | 2875 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | 31 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 6 |
| Dysentery | — | — | 2 | —. | 1 | 4 | 7 |
| Smallpox | 7 | - | — | — | — | — | - |
| Totals | 3931 | 1152 | 3872 | 1453 | 4512 | 997 | 3747 |