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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 1893
Eighth annual report to 15th March, 1894...
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cases reported last year 3 were treated at the Fulham
Union Infirmary, and 16 at the homes of the patients.
The mortality rate on the cases reported was 63.16 per
cent.
cholera.
One case was reported last year as due to cholera,
against no case in the previous year. The case reported
last year was treated at the home of the patient. From
enquiries made it appears that the patient only suffered
from summer diarrhoea. He rapidly recovered.
ERYSIPELAS.
One hundred and eighty-four cases were reported as
due to erysipelas last year, against 124 cases the
previous year. Of the 184 cases reported last year, 2
were treated at the West London Hospital, 2 at
Nazareth House, Hammersmith Road, 22 at Fulham
Union Infirmary, one at the Marylebone Infirmary, and
157 at the homes of the patients. The mortality rate on
the cases reported was 4 89 per cent.
TABLE IV.
The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 13 zymotic diseases during the years 1888 to 1893.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | English Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Chickenpox. | Measles. | Whooping Cough. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| *1888 | 1 | 190 | 54 | 0 | 29 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 139 | 78 | 496 |
| *1889 | 0 | '221 | 99 | 0 | 41 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 13 | 2 | 63 | 37 | 479 |
| 1890 | 0 | 334 | 218 | 0 | 67 | 1 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 81 | 4 | 122 | 75 | 906 |
| 1891 | 0 | 233 | 272 | 0 | 42 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 4 | 61 | 1 | 37 | 50 | 709 |
| 1892 | 3 | 462 | 322 | 0 | 46 | 8 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 124 | 6 | 167 | 53 | 1197 |
| 1893 | 21 | 673 | 282 | 0 | 68 | 4 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 184 | 0 | 6 | 51 | 1309 |
* These statistics must not be taken as a true comparison as the Infectious Diseases
(Notification) Act, 1889, only came into force on October 31st, 1889.
TABLE V.
The following table marked (B) has been prepared by
me under an instruction of the Local Government Board.