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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 1911
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1911
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RELAPSING FEVER.
No case was reported as due to relapsing fever,
against no case in the previous year.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Three cases were reported as due to puerperal
fever, against 9 cases in the previous year. One of
the cases reported last year was treated at the home
of the patient, and 2 of the cases were treated at the
Hammersmith Infirmary. Two deaths were registered.
The mortality rate on the cases reported was 66.6 per
cent.
CHOLERA.
No case was reported as due to cholera, against
no case in the previous year.
ERYSIPELAS.
Ninety-seven cases were reported last year as due
to erysipelas, against 63 cases in the previous year.
Sixty-five cases were treated at the homes of the patients,
31 at the Hammersmith Infirmary, and 1 at the West
London Hospital. Eleven deaths were registered. The
mortality rate on the cases reported was 11.3 per cent.
PLAGUE.
No case was reported as due to plague, against
no case in the previous year.
CEREBRO-SPINAL FEVER.
One case was reported as due to cerebro-spinal
fever, against two cases in the previous year. The case