London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Wards. | Total Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At allAges. | Age Periods. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3- | 4- | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20- | 35— | 45— | 65- | ||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera, Plague | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 43 | - | 1 | 6 | 3 | 12 | 11 | - | 4 | 5 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 16 | 2 | 43 |
| Erysipelas | 26 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 5 | 21 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 71 | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | 4 | 23 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 12 | 31 | 9 | 68 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 4 | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 14 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 6 | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 31 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 33 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | - | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 32 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 4 |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 48 | - | 3 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | 7 | 15 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 5 | 2 | 8 | 11 | 6 | 20 |
| Malaria | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | 9 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | |
| Measles | 157 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 21 | 8 | 21 | 35 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 12 | 27 | 37 | 26 | 43 | 5 | 84 | |
| Whooping Cough | 15 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 8 | |
| Totals | 461 | 30 | 36 | 31 | 27 | 27 | 61 | 17 | 43 | 114 | 27 | 34 | 14 | 40 | 71 | 74 | 24 | 74 | 145 | 33 | 342 |