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 1941
[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 all Ages. | Age Periods. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||||||||||
| Small pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 69 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 13 | 10 | _ | _ | _ | 6 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 15 | 15 | 8 | 69 |
| Erysipelas | 20 | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | _ | 1 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 6 | _ | 2 | 4 | 2 | 12 |
| Scarlet Fever | 70 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 9 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 8 | 25 | 10 | 70 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 4 |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 12 | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | —_ | — | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | — | 4 | 2 | _ | 1 | 4 | 1 | 12 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | — | 13 |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 5 | _ | 8 | 8 | 2 | 33 |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | __ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 45 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 13 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 17 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 7 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | __ | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 |
| Food Poisonin | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 391 | 20 | 32 | 46 | 48 | 47 | 166 | 12 | 6 | 14 | _ | — | — | 29 | 32 | 75 | 21 | 84 | 133 | 17 | 104 |
| Whooping Cough | 197 | 45 | 28 | 35 | 22 | 21 | 42 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 25 | 37 | 5 | 36 | 49 | 20 | 85 |
| Totals | 876 | 83 | 71 | 95 | 86 | 82 | 253 | 31 | 39 | 79 | 17 | 29 | 11 | 76 | 106 | 157 | 39 | 170 | 253 | 75 | 441 |