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Fulham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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TABLE 30
TABLE 27
TABLE SHOWING THE AGE AND WARD DISTRIBUTION OF THE CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1937
| Notifiable Diseases. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each Ward of Borough | Total cases removed to Hospital. | Deaths. | D.N.C. | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Baron's Court | Lillie | Walham | Margravine | Munster | Hurlingham | Sands End | Town | |||||||||||||||
| 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 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera, Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 206 | 3 | 9 | 17 | 23 | 21 | 83 | 16 | 4 | 23 | 6 | 1 | - | 11 | 46 | 39 | 20 | 34 | 23 | 21 | 12 | 205 | 4 | 17 |
| Erysipelas | 63 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 10 | 25 | 16 | — | 13 | 13 | 10 | 11 | 1 | 8 | 7 | 46 | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 319 | 3 | 20 | 22 | 18 | 40 | 125 | 41 | 14 | 26 | 4 | 6 | — | 10 | 58 | 49 | 45 | 61 | 32 | 36 | 28 | 310 | 2 | 15 |
| Typhus Fever | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Enteric Fever | 3 | _ | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | — | _ | 3 | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 2 | _ | — | — | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | — | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 25 | — | — | _ | — | — | _ | _ | 1 | 20 | 4 | _ | _ | 4 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 4 | _ | 1 | 4 | 25 | ||
| Cerebro-SpinalMeningitis | 12 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | 1 | — | _ | _ | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | _ | 2 | _ | 12 | 5 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis . | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | - | 2 | 1 | - | _ | — | _ | - | 2 | _ | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 19 | 19 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 8 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis of Respiratory System. | 204 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 5 | 20 | 93 | 28 | 42 | 11 | 23 | 27 | 31 | 20 | 42 | 16 | ?6 | 19 | - | 108 | |
| Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 29 | - | 2 | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | 6 | 11 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 4 | 1 | - | 10 | ||
| Measles . | 807 | 40 | 78 | 76 | 105 | 145 | 338 | 5 | 5 | 13 | _ | 2 | - | 126 | 155 | 65 | 118 | 61 | 67 | 93 | 121 | |||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | _ | _ | __ | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | |
| Pneumonia | 171 | 13 | 5 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 5 | 6 | 23 | 20 | 39 | 28 | 9 | 42 | 20 | 28 | 34 | 10 | 20 | 8 | - | 106 | |
| Diarrhoea | 104 | 34 | 34 | 17 | 8 | 11 | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | - | 5 | 20 | 20 | 11 | 10 | 2 | 25 | 11 | 63 | 31 | 2 |
| Malaria . | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | - | |||||||||||||
| Dysentery | 29 | 1 | 4 | 4 | i | i | 9 | _ | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 13 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 29 | - | - | |
| Trench Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | |
| Totals | 1,997 | 117 | 156 | 139 | 160 | 224 | 588 | 77 | 58 | 223 | 78 | 119 | 58 | 196 | 346 | 348 | 222 | 332 | 148 | 216 | 189 | 825 | 275 | 35 |
SCARLET FEVER
There were 319 cases during the year compared with 323 in 1936. The attack rate was 2-3
per cent., the same as in the previous year. The age distribution and seasonal incidence are shown
in Tables 27 and 30 at the beginning of this section. 310 cases were hospitalised and 2 deaths occurred.
MEASLES EPIDEMIC
The expected epidemic commenced in October, 1937, no less than 621 of the 807 cases during
the year occurring in the last three months. The epidemic will be more fully dealt with in my next
annual Report.
ENTERIC FEVER
Three cases were notified compared with 16 during the previous year. One of these cases
was a female who contracted the disease in Croydon and came to a relative's house in this borough
on a holiday ; the case proved fatal.
CEREBRO-SPINAL MENINGITIS
Twelve cases occurred during the year—three being of infants under 1 year of age, two of
children aged 1 year, one of a child aged 5 years ; and the other six in persons over 10 years of age.