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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 1906
Seventh annual report year ended 31st March 1907
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TABLE III. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1906.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in Whole District. | Total Cases Notified in Each Locality. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital from each Locality. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1. | At Agest Years. | w | w | |||||||||
| 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 35. | 35 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | North. | Centre. | South. | North. | Centre. | South. | |||
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cholera | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria | 270 | 2 | 103 | 128 | 14 | 23 | 0 | 102 | 89 | 79 | 92 | 77 | 76 |
| Membranous croup | 4 | 0 | 1 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 125 | 7 | 5 | 9 | 19 | 71 | 14 | 53 | 48 | 24 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Scarlet fever | 439 | 7 | 136 | 259 | 26 | 10 | 1 | 206 | 168 | 65 | 167 | 133 | 58 |
| Typhus fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Enteric fever | 33 | 0 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 0 | 14 | 15 | 4 | 10 | 5 | 9 | |
| Relapsing fever | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Continued fever | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1 | 0 | |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 6 | 0 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Plague | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| ^Phthisis | 105 | 0 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 81 | 8 | 51 | 24 | 30 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Totals | 987 | 16 | 250 | 409 | 85 | 204 | 23 | 429 | 353 | 205 | 271 | 216 | 137 |
Notes.—The localities adopted for this table should 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 which it is situated, or if not within the district, state where it is situated, and
in what district. The name of the authority by whom the hospital is provided should also be given. Mark (W) the
locality in which a workhouse is situated.
* This space may be used for tecord of other disease the notification (compulsory or voluntary) of which is in force in the district
† These age columns for notifications should be filled up in ail cases where the'Medical Officer of Health, by inquiry or otherwise.
has obtained the necessary information.
‡ Voluntarily notifiable since April 7th, 1902.
Isolation Hospital—Western District Hospital at Fulham, and occasionally other Fever Hospitals under the Metropolitan
Asylums Board and exceptionally the London Fever Hospital at Islington, also when necessary the Small-pox Hospitals
of the Metropolitan Asylums Board.