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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 1940

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]

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Table: TABLE 2.INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1940.

TABLE 2.

INFECTIOUS DISEASES NOTIFIED DURING 1940.

Notifiable Diseases.Number of cases notifiedTotal cases removed to HosoitalDeathsD.N.C.
At Ages - Years
At all ages0-1-2-3-4-5-10-15-20-35-45-65-
Smallpox----------------
Cholera, plague----------------
Diphtheria632236415611941-551-
Erysipelas28--1-----4510814--
Scarlet Fever481231451063211-34-1
Typhus Fever----------------
Enteric Fever3---------12-2--
Relapsing and Continued Fever----------------
Puerperal Fever5--------41--22-
Puerperal Pyrexia12--------12---5--
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis414251132572723631
Poliomyelitis----------------
Ophthalmia Neonatorum55-----------3--
Tuberculosis of Respiratory System15511---32197326273-89-
Non-Pulmonary Tuberculosis22---112259-l1-16-
Measles25718415037345031212---88--
Encephalitis Lethargica----------------
Pneumonia10013-4-2171912351645--
Diarrhoea2217131--------225-
Malaria----------------
Dysentery411------2---2--
Trench Fever----------------
Whooping Cough17651311------72-
Totals78256586667468622621535284303151232