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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 1902
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1902
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TABLE IV. The following table shows the deaths of Burgesses registered from the 9 principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the 10 years 1893 to 1902.
| YEAR. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and Membraneous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple ContinuedFever. | Diarrhcra anil Cholera. | TOTAL. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1893 | 0 | 4 | 32 | 56 | 51 | 0 | 15 | 2 | 126 | 286 |
| 1894 | 0 | 72 | 10 | 53 | 55 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 67 | 272 |
| 1895 | 1 | 28 | 14 | 47 | 42 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 104 | 250 |
| 1896 | 0 | 58 | 20 | 52 | 60 | 1 | 14 | 1 | 125 | 331 |
| 1897 | 0 | 4 | 10 | 30 | 28 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 204 | 284 |
| 1898 | 0 | 128 | 21 | 24 | 36 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 199 | 420 |
| 1899 | 0 | 22 | 13 | 26 | 45 | 0 | 21 | 0 | 204 | 331 |
| 1900 | 0 | 87 | 7 | 28 | 7 | 0 | 18 | 0 | 138 | 285 |
| 1901 | 14 | 50 | 13 | 36 | 75 | 0 | 16 | 1 | 134 | 339 |
| 1902 | 14 | 75 | 7 | 23 | 25 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 81 | 236 |
CASES OF ILLNESS REPORTED AS DUE TO INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
There were 779 cases reported as due to notifiable
infectious diseases in this Borough against 813 in the
previous year. There were also 643 cases of chickenpox,
and 127 cases of phthisis notified, which diseases
were not notifiable in the previous year; chicken-pox
having been made notifiable on February 7th, and
phthisis on April 7th. There were also reported 387
cases of infectious diseases that were not notifiable
under the Act, against 428 in the previous year, 16 of
these were chicken-pox, 293 measles, and 78 whooping
cough.
SMALL-POX.
Ninety-two cases were reported as due to small-pox,
against 46 cases in the previous year. The 92 cases
Teported last year occurred in 52 streets in 66 houses.
In 2 streets there were 7 cases in each street. In 1
street there were 6 cases, in 4 streets there were 4 cases