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Hammersmith 1909
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1909
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TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.
The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 15 zymotic diseases during the years 1900 to 1909.
| 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.* | Measles* | Whooping Cough.* | Cerebro-Spinal Fever.† | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 2 | 355 | 252 | 0 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 21 | 487 | 13 | 0 | 1354 |
| 1901 | 46 | 343 | 227 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 28 | 193 | 207 | 0 | 1241 |
| 1902 | 92 | 349 | 172 | 0 | 49 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 0 | 659 | 293 | 78 | 0 | 1809 |
| 1903 | 6 | 314 | 160 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 104 | 137 | 132 | 0 | 1026 |
| 1904 | 0 | 283 | 201 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 283 | 742 | 102 | 0 | 1781 |
| 1905 | 0 | 360 | 237 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 219 | 417 | 286 | 0 | 1698 |
| 1906 | 0 | 439 | 270 | 0 | 13 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 68 | 627 | 56 | 0 | 1629 |
| 1907 | 0 | 577 | 207 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 198 | 538 | 337 | 4 | 1984 |
| 1908 | 0 | 383 | 199 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 113 | 161 | 156 | 1 | 1113 |
| 1909 | 0 | 380 | 188 | 0 | 17 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 75 | 0 | 140 | 847 | 281 | 1 | 1943 |
| A‛v’ge in last 10 yrs. | 15 | 378 | 211 | 0 | 49 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 103 | 0 | 183 | 444 | 165 | 1 | 1558 |
* Not a notifiable disease.
† Disease was made notifiable on 13th September, 1907.
COMPULSORY NOTIFICATION OF
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The London County Council issued an order for
the notification of Cerebro-Spinal Fever (Epidemic
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis).
The disease of Cerebro-Spinal Fever (Epidemic
Crebro-Spinal Meningitis) has been made notifiable
within the Administrative County of London, and
this disease is notifiable throughout the whole of
the Administrative County of London for a period
up to and including the 13th March, 1910; and an
order was also issued for the