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Fulham 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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TABLE 28. NUMBER OF CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED FROM 1900.1937 INCLUSIVE

19001901190219031904190519061907190819091910191119121913191419151916191719181919192019211922192319241925192619271928192919301931193219331934193519361937
Small.Pox9169411————————————————————————1—7—2—————
Scarlet Fever5526005524042947796746685965113543844847661,042621286234228371930961626466360398311360416489595331543720691317323319
Diphtheria641644429293302286403604400322257311231270272271312237206336623579438277259276345390359370402225177185473375179206
Entric Fever92133748039564558394118382634—40145111567163710811412133——————
Erysipelas...15413212111513114314112812711511511511512115289735045751029294769274775881787486106104117566363
Cholera—1————————————————————————————————————
Cerebro.Spinal Meningitis———————3437———1—————3——2——4743298561412
Polio.myelitis——————————————————————————————————————
Ophthalmia Neonatorum———————————151323554749574447403033222732293338321917281515———
Measles—Notifiable from 1st January, 1916——1—————————1,5926159423962,4381,9511,6925893,7004632,0999482,5261102,6821632,967412,S75—
Encephalitis Lethargica—Notifiable from 1st Januar y, 1919—————————————————2—1012525213—12—1
Pneumonia_Notifiable from 1st March, 1919——————————————————————297345207275241203ISO139226—
Epidemic Diarrhœa—Notifiable from 2nd July. 1919———————————————140177940705015603631332213144—104
Puerperal Feverg7719824171517l3420233019———————27313226211516162317—111146—2
Puerperal Pyrexia—Notifiable from 1st October, 1926—————————————————————2851513347372737282525
Trench Fever—Notifiable from 1st March, 1919————————————————————————————————
Dysentery—Notifiable from 1st March, 1919—————————————————————61——-2-14—29
Malaria—Notifiable from 1st March, 1919----------------113——11—2—21————
TOTALS1,4571,5331,2779227741,2881,2801,4761,1831,0267718909061,2401,5951,0931,5132,6502,1521.8982,9722,4744,0033,1342,8621,8064,8581,7093,4732,3913,933—3,8761,4544,5129973,7471,764

TABLE 29. NUMBER OF DEATHS FROM THE SEVEN PRINCIPAL ZYMOTIC DISEASES DURING 1900.1937 INCLUSIVE

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Small-Pox-313------------3------1--------------
Measles803716862648553697174656465493112118754614242412329247-151027126231—142
Scarelt Fever23201984231814171076642117544391512553412322261—12
Diphteria6548512424243338323914271515232720161232444333201111141113101991083012104
Whooping Cough5476654858823175344860284527435132225841730261414356812255712147567
Enteric Fever19229166101381042888941252414—1——2—2—1——
Diarrhcea (and Enteritis Under 2 years)18119914016523520227511513010574211341001278164716044367127252236301953353415222018192231
Totals422405465323391426423319294280222344173203254304140190185101134162144878287101419683ss.36735088365646
Zymotic Death Rate3. 172.933.252. 192.572.732.662001 941 .831 .452.251121 281 .622000.901 .311 .290.660.881.300.930.530.500.530.600.200.600.500.570.250.490.330.610.250.380.33