Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Diseases | Notifications | Totalcases notified | Cases removed toHospital | Deaths | Corrected Figures | |||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
0—1 year | 1—2 years | 2—5 years | 5—15 years | 15—25 years | 25—45 years | 45—65 years | 65 + years | |||||
Scarlet Fever | 2 | — | 15 | 32 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 52 | 13 | — | 50 |
Whooping Cough | 12 | 12 | 25 | 28 | — | — | — | _ | 77 | 13 | _ | 75 |
Acute Poliomyelitis (Par.) | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | _ | 10 | 10 | _ | 1 |
„ „ (Non.-Par.) | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | 1 |
Measles | 20 | 49 | 173 | 252 | 14 | 4 | — | — | 512 | 11 | _ | 510 |
Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | _ | — |
Pneumonia | 5 | 2 | 19 | 14 | 2 | 14 | 32 | 15 | 103 | 16 | 73 | 103 |
A. Encephalitis (Inf.) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 |
Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Erysipelas | — | — | 1 | — | — | _ | 6 | 1 | 8 | 3 | _ | 8 |
Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | _ | — | 14 | 14 | _ | 5 |
Food Poisoning | 4 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 1 | 36 | 15 | — | 35 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | 3 | — | _ | 31 |
Malaria | - | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | |
Scabies | - | — | 6 | 13 | 17 | 23 | 5 | —__ | 64 | 1 | — | 64 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | — | — | _ | 59 | 45 | _ | —_ | 104 | — | 104† | |
Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | - | — | 3 | 28 | 44 | 38 | 10 | _ | 123 | 36 | 13 | 123 |
„ (Non-Pulmonary) | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 5 | 2 | 2 | 5 |
Totals | 48 | 68 | 248 | 383 | 151 | 141 | 61 | 17 | 1,117 | 140 | 88 | 1,088 |
* Of this total only 2 cases related to patients residing in the Borough,
† Of this total only 45 cases related to patients residing in the Borough.