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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 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Table: Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Disease.No. of Cases Notified.Previous Year.No. of Cases Visited.No. of Cases Nursed.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital.
Puerperal Fever261126—26
Puerperal Pyrexia171217—17
Ophthalmia Neonatorum939—9
Epidemic Diarrhoea*3718———
Measles and German Measles (under 5)42540242521126
Whooping Cough (under 5)164269164370
Poliomyelitis (under 5)—————
* Summer Diarrhœa.—As this is not a notifiable disease the figures available are those of deaths which were registered as having been due to this cause.

Table: Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was nine against three in the previous vear. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows:—

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was nine against three in the previous vear. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows:—

Cases.Vision unimpaired.VisionImpaired.Total Blindness.Re-moved from District.Still under Treatment.Deaths.
Notified.Treated.
At Home.In Hospital.
6.1.43—1Yes—————
27.2.43—1„—————
23.3.43—1,,—————
31.3.43—1,,_———
23.5.43—1,,—————
27.5.43—1,,—————
21.6.43—1,,—————
20.7.43—1,,—————
18.10.43—1,,—————
Totals99—————