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Hammersmith 1908
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1908
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CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera, against
no case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
Sixty-five cases were reported last year as due to
erysipelas, against 76 cases in the previous year.
Three deaths were registered. The mortality rate
on the cases reported was 4.6 per cent.
PLAGUE.
No case was reported as due to plague, against
no case in the previous year.
CEREBROSPINAL FEVER.
One case was reported as due to cerebro-spinal
fever, against four cases in the previous year. The
case reported last year was removed to the Isolation
Hospital. One death was registered, the mortality
rate being 100 per cent.
The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned 15 zymotic diseases during the years 1899 to 1908.
| Year.. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or DiphtheriticCroup | Typhus Fever | Enteric Fever. | Simple continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | English Cholera.. | Erysipelas. | Plague. | Chicken-pox* | Measles* | Whooping Cough.* | Cerebro-Spinal Fever † | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1899 | 0 | 442 | 186 | 0 | 113 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 109 | 0 | 8 | 42 | 54 | 0 | 976 |
| 1900 | 2 | 355 | 252 | 0 | 103 | 4 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 111 | 0 | 21 | 487 | 13 | 0 | 1354 |
| 1901 | 46 | 343 | 227 | 0 | 77 | 2 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 116 | 0 | 28 | 193 | 207 | 0 | 1241 |
| 1902 | 99 | 349 | 172 | 0 | 44 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 110 | 0 | fi59 | 293 | 0 | 1809 | |
| 1903 | 6 | 314 | 160 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 108 | 0 | 104 | 137 | 132 | 0 | 1026 |
| 1904 | 0 | 283 | 201 | 0 | 38 | 1 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 120 | 0 | 283 | 742 | 102 | 0 | 1781 |
| 1905 | 0 | 360 | 237 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 115 | 0 | 919 | 417 | 286 | 0 | 1698 |
| 1906 | 0 | 439 | 270 | 0 | 33 | 1 | 0 | 10 | 0 | 125 | 0 | 68 | 627 | 56 | 0 | 1629 |
| 1907 | 0 | 577 | 207 | 0 | 40 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 76 | 0 | 198 | 538 | 337 | 0 | 1984 |
| 1908 | 0 | 383 | 199 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 65 | 0 | 118 | 161 | 156 | 0 | 1113 |
| A'vgt in last 10 yrs. | 15 | 386 | 211 | 0 | 58 | 1 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 106 | 0 | 171 | 364 | 142 | .58 | 1461 |
* Not a notifiable disease.
† Disease was made notifiable on 13th September, 1907.