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Hammersmith 1902
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1902
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TABLE VI. CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1902.
Borough of Hammersmith.
| Small-pox | 92 | 0 | 2 | 6 | 29 | 53 | 2 | 39 | 41 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 37 | 39 | 12 | 0 | 0 |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 171 | 4 | 43 | 89 | 16 | 19 | 0 | 83 | 61 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 61 | 39 | 18 | 0 | 0 |
| Membranous croup | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Erysipelas | 110 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 10 | 79 | 7 | 62 | 33 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet fever | 349 | 3 | 117 | 187 | 24 | 18 | 0 | 126 | 152 | 71 | 0 | 0 | 108 | 110 | 54 | 0 | 0 |
| Typhus fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric fever | 49 | 0 | 2 | 10 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 22 | 23 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 10 | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| Relapsing fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Continued fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal fever | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 4 | 0 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| *Chicken-pox | 643 | 53 | 274 | 282 | 21 | 13 | 0 | 255 | 239 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| ‡ Phthisis § | 127 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 107 | 11 | 35 | 4/ | 44 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 1549 | 63 | 443 | 581 | 126 | 316 | 20 | 624 | 600 | 317 | 7 | 1 | 215 | 198 | 85 | 0 | 0 |
Notks.— The localities adopted for this table shotffil be the same as those in Tables II. and IV.
State in space below the name of the isolation hospital, if any, to which residents in the district, suffering from infectious disease, are usually
sent. Mark (H) the locality in whi'-h it b» situated, or if not within the district, state where it is situated, and in what district.
Mark (W) the locality in which a workhouse is situated.
* Made Notifiable on February 7th.
t These ago columns for notifications should be filled up in all eases where the Medical Officer of Health, by inquiry or otherwise, has
obtained the necessary information.
X Voluntary Notifiable since April 7th, 1902.
§ This space may be used for ro"ord of other dhei~c the notirtcatiou (compulsory or voluntary) of which is in force in the district
Eolation Hospital.—Western District Hospital at Fulham, and occasionally other hospitals under the Metropolitan Asylums Hoard. The
Hospitals at Darenth, and cxceptk nally the London Fever Hospital.