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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number Of Cases Nofified | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Age Periods. | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera, Plague, Typhus and Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | 22 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 5 | 7 | 3 |
| Scarlet Fever | 152 | — | 1 | 9 | 22 | 18 | 81 | 16 | 1 | 3 | 1 | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 5 | 12 | 1 | — | — |
| Meningococcal Meningitis | 10 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis—Paralytic | 17 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis—Non-Paralytic | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis—Infective | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Acute Encephalitis—Post-Infectious | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 65 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 4 | 9 | 7 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 28 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | — | 8 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — |
| Food Poisoning | 18 | 1 | — | — | I | — | 1 | — | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Measles | 760 | 36 | 73 | 107 | 123 | 103 | 301 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 406 | 38 | 48 | 57 | 69 | 51 | 140 | 2 | — | I | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1,538 | 92 | 137 | 185 | 226 | 179 | 552 | 34 | 19 | 64 | 17 | 23 | 10 |