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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 1959
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Diseases | Notifications | Total cases notified | Cases | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—1 year | 1—2 years | 2—5 years | 5—15 years | 15—25 years | 25—45 years | 45—65 years | 65 + years | Age not known | removed toHospital | Deaths | Correctec Figures | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 2 | 3 | 19 | 75 | - | 2 | 1 | _ | _ | 102 | 14 | _ | 99 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 9 | 20 | 18 | - | - | - | - | - | 59 | 18 | — | 59 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Par.) | _ | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | 13 | 13 | — | 2 |
| „ " (Non.-Par.) | _ | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 43 | 117 | 352 | 301 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 825 | 22 | — | 823 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 7 | 17 | 11 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 17 | -_ | 92 | 19 | 68 | 92 |
| Dysentery | 11 | 17 | 24 | 64 | 4 | 24 | 8 | 7 | — | 159 | 30 | - | 148 |
| A. Encephalitis (Inf.) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | _ | 7 | 3 | — | 6 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | _ | 12 | 12 | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 42 | 8 | 12 | 13 | 82 | 64 | 55 | 31 | 12 | 319 | 88 | — | 318 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 53 | 69 | — | — | - | 122* | — | — | 122* |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 † | — | — | 4 † |
| Malaria | - | _ | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | _ | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Scabies | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 15 | 15 | — | 3 | _ | 42 | _ | — | 42 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 24 | 51 | 42 | 14 | — | 135 | 21 | 8 | 135 |
| „ (Non-Pulmonary) | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | — | — | 8 | 5 | - | 8 |
| Totals | 123 | 166 | 451 | 499 | 203 | 245 | 136 | 74 | 12 | 1,909 | 252 | 77 | 1,864 |
| * Of this total only 45 cases related to patients residing in the Borough. † Of this total only 2 cases related to patients residing in the Borough. | |||||||||||||