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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

Hammersmith 1903

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1903

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CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera, against no
case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
One hundred and eight cases were reported last
year as due to erysipelas, against 110 cases in the
previous year. Six deaths were registered. The mortality
rate on the cases reported was 5.6 per cent.
PLAGUE.
No case was reported on due to plague, against no
case in the previous year.

Table: TABLE V. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 14 zymotic diseases during the years 1894 to 1903.

TABLE V. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 14 zymotic diseases during the years 1894 to 1903.

YEAR.Small.pox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.English Cholera.Erysipelas.Plague.Chicken.pox.1Measles.*Whooping Cough.'*Total.
189473321890524080920i8655826
18957382202057503089023042819
1896152821715340801210574611073
18970399158046308193001129748
18980458163059504091010357471194
189904421860113001201090184254976
1900235525201034060111021487131354
19014634322707720301150281932071241
19029234917204900701100659293781809
19036314160058106010801041371321026

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* Not a notifiable disease, except during a portion of last year in the case of
Chicken.pox.