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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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Table: TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1931 to 1940.

TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES.

The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1931 to 1940.

Year.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia, dCholera.Erysipelas.Plague.Chickenpox. aMeasles, bWhooping Cough, bCerebro-Spinal Fever.Anthrax.Glanders.Hydrophobia.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Acute Polio-Myelitis.Encephalitis Lethargica.Pneumonia, eMalaria, cDysentery, cTrench Fever, eFood Poisoning. /Total.
193121280228010053004807071782649000130214102001957
1932495941920400229051040515883308000191117801023405
19330895241080093309703332993196000104117903082445
193406095190100222079042213342726000111115400043467
1935034933305002190500435453122000112288014091678
193103351300130092103802931372234600042083014012557
1937033217901009370510353813145000142089226021495
1938029118902001116054042918591668000751115023053181
193901251040I006320330188337364000124096029031406
194007143090014310260461721833000510481205525
A verage for 10 years73882190400 Li727053036169629690001121117011042211
a Not Notifiable. b Notifiable from 1st October, 1938. c Notifiable from 1st March, 1919. d Notifiable from 1st October. 1926. e Notifiable from 1st March, 1919, to 31/12/1927. f Notifiable from 12th July, 1932.