Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE 20. NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED FROM 1900-1936 INCLUSIVE.
| 1900 | 1901 | 1002 | 1003 | 1004 | 1005 | 1000 | 1907 | 1008 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1020 | 1921 | 1022 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1028 | 1929 | 1030 | 1931 | 1932 | 1033 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-Pox | 9 | 16 | 94 | 11 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 7 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - |
| - | 552 | 600 | 552 | 404 | 294 | 779 | 674 | 668 | 596 | 511 | 354 | 384 | 484 | 766 | 1,042 | 621 | 286 | 234 | 228 | 371 | 930 | 961 | 626 | 466 | 360 | 398 | 311 | 360 | 416 | 489 | 595 | 331 | 543 | 720 | 691 | 317 | 323 |
| Diphtheria | 641 | 644 | 420 | 293 | 302 | 286 | 403 | 604 | 400 | 322 | 257 | 311 | 231 | 270 | 272 | 271 | 312 | 237 | 206 | 336 | 623 | 579 | 438 | 277 | 259 | 276 | 345 | 390 | 359 | 370 | 402 | 225 | 177 | 185 | 473 | 37 5 | 179 |
| Typhoid Fever | 02 | 133 | 74 | SO | 30 | 56 | 45 | 58 | 39 | 41 | 18 | 38 | 26 | 34 | 40 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 25 | 7 | 16 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 41 | 2 | 13 | 3 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 16 |
| - | 154 | 132 | 121 | 115 | 131 | 143 | 141 | 128 | 127 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 115 | 121 | 152 | 89 | 73 | 50 | 45 | 75 | 102 | 92 | 94 | 76 | 92 | 74 | 77 | 58 | 81 | 78 | 74 | 86 | 104 | 117 | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | !- | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 106 | 104 | 117 | 56 | 63 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 20 | 12 | 20 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 6 | - | 4 |
| Polio myelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | .- | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 3 | - | 1 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 4 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 15 | 13 | 23 | 55 | 47 | 49 | 57 | 44 | 47 | 40 | 30 | 33 | 22 | 27 | 32 | 29 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 19 | 17 | 28 | 15 | 15 | 11 | 13 |
| Measles | - | Notifiable from 1st January, 1916 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 751 | 2,021 | 1592 | 615 | 942 | 396 | 2438 | 1,951 | 1,692 | 589 | 3700 | 463 | 2099 | 948 | 2526 | 110 | 2682 | 163 | 2,967 | 41 | 2875 | ||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | Notifiable from 1st January. 1919 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 21 | 10 | 12 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | - | ||||
| Pneumonia | - | Notifiable from 1st March. 1919 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 199 | 108 | 215 | 300 | 218 | 326 | 320 | 288 | 310 | 297 | 345 | 207 | 275 | 241 | 203 | 180 | 139 | 226 | ||||
| - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 83 | 51 | 140 | 17 | 79 | 40 | 70 | 50 | 18 | 60 | 36 | 31 | 33 | 22 | 13 | 14 | 4 | 6 | |||||
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 7 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 24 | 17 | 15 | 17 | 34 | 20 | 23 | 30 | 19 | 33 | 24 | 22 | 15 | 12 | 35 | 32 | 27 | 31 | 32 | 26 | 21 | 15 | 16 | 16 | 23 | 17 | 11 | 11 | 11 | 4 | 6 | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyroxia | - | Notifiable from 1st October. 1926 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 51 | 33 | - | 37 | 27 | 37 | 28 | 25 | ||||
| Trench Fever | - | Notifiable from 1st March, 1919 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Dysentery | - | Notifiable from 1st March. 1919 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 9 | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 104 | 20 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 4 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | |||||
| Totals | 1,457 | 1,533 | 1,277 | 922 | 774 | 1,288 | 1,280 | 1,476 | 1,183 | 1,026 | 771 | 890 | 906 | 1,240 | 1,595 | 1,093 | 1,513 | 2,650 | 2,152 | 1,898 | 2,972 | 2,474 | 4,003 | 3,134 | 2,862 | 1,806 | 4,858 | 1,700 | 3,473 | 2,391 | 3,933 | 1,152 | 3,876 1,454 | 4512 | 997 | 3747 | |
TABLE 30. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DURING 1900-1936 INCLUSIVE.
| 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1003 | 1004 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1010 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1023 | 1024 | 1025 | 1026 | 1027 | 1028 | 1020 | 1030 | 1931 | 1932 | 1033 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| - | 3 | 13 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Measles | 80 | 37 | 168 | 62 | 64 | 85 | 53 | 69 | 71 | 74 | 15 | 64 | 65 | 49 | 31 | 121 | 18 | 75 | 46 | 14 | 24 | 2 | 41 | 23 | 20 | 2 | 47 | _- | 15 | 10 | 27 | 1 | 26 | 2 | 31 | — | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 20 | 19 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 18 | 14 | 17 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 0 | 4 | 21 | 17 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 15 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | - | 1 | ||
| Diphtheria | 65 | 48 | 51 | 24 | 24 | 24 | 33 | 38 | 32 | 39 | 14 | 27 | 15 | 15 | 23 | 27 | 20 | 16 | 12 | 32 | 44 | 43 | 33 | 20 | 11 | 11 | 14 | 11 | 13 | 10 | 19 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 30 | 12 | 10 |
| Whooping Cough | 76 | 65 | 48 | 58 | 82 | 31 | 76 | 34 | 48 | 60 | 28 | 45 | 27 | 43 | 32 | 22 | 58 | 4 | 17 | 30 | 26 | 14 | 14 | 35 | 6 | 8 | 12 | 25 | 5 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 7 | 5 | 6 | ||
| Typhoid Fever | 19 | 22 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 10 | 13 | 8 | 10 | 4 | 2 | 8 | S | 8 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 4 | 1 | 4 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | — | 3 |
| Diarrhcea (and Enteritis under 2 years) | 181 | 199 | 140 | 165 | 235 | 202 | 275 | 115 | 130 | 105 | 74 | 211 | 34 | 100 | 127 | 81 | 64 | 71 | 60 | 44 | 36 | 71 | 27 | 25 | 22 | 36 | 30 | 10 | 53 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 22 | 20 | 18 | 19 | 22 |
| Totals | 422 | 405 | 465 | 323 | 391 | 426 | 423 | 319 | 294 | 280 | 222 | 344 | 173 | 203 | 254 | 304 | 140 | 190 | 185 | 101 | 134 | 162 | 144 | 87 | 82 | 87 | 101 | 41 | 96 | 83 | 88 | 36 | 73 | 50 | 88 | 36 | 56 |
| Zymotic Death Rate | 3.17 | 2.93 | 3.25 | 2.19 | 2.57 | 2.73 | 2.66 | 2.00 | 1.94 | 1.83 | 1.45 | 2.25 | 1.12 | 1.28 | 1.62 | 2.00 | 0.90 | 1.31 | 1.29 | 0.66 | 0.88 | 1.30 | 0.93 | 0.53 | 0.50 | 0.53 | 0.60 | 0.20 | 0.60 | 0.50 | 0.57 | 0.25 | 0.49 | 0.33 | 0.61 | 0.25 | 0.38 |