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Hammersmith 1940
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.—
The total number of deaths of residents registered from
the seven principal zymotic diseases was 48 against 24 in
the previous year. The deaths of residents from these
diseases were equal to 27 per 1,000 of the total deaths of
residents registered and were at the rate of 0.3 deaths
per 1,000 persons living.
The following table shows the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1931 to 1940 :—
| Year. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhoea and Cholera. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1931 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 0 | 23 | 38 | |
| 1932 | 0 | 29 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 26 | 74 | |
| 1933 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 5 | 1 | 27 | 54 | |
| 1934 | 0 | 25 | 4 | 19 | 0 | 27 | 100 | ||
| 1935 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 49 | |
| 1936 | 0 | 15 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 57 | |
| 1937 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 12 | 9 | 2 | 29 | 53 | |
| 1938 | 0 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 0 | 36 | 62 | |
| 1939 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 0 | 17 | 24 | |
| 1940 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 44 | 48 | |
| Average last 10 yrs. | 0 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 7 | 1 | 28 | 56 | |
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1940.
| DISEASE. | Total cases notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria | 43 | 43 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 26 | 21 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 71 | 68 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 9 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | 14 | _ |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 31 | 31 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 33 | 32 | 9 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 4 | — |
| Pneumonia | 48 | 20 | 116 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 2 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 4 | — |
| *Measles | 157 | 84 | 1 |
| *Whooping Cough | 15 | 8 | 0 |
| Totals | 461 | 342 | 131 |
| *This is not total brought to notice of Department. | |||