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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 1918
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1918
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TABLE IV.
| Notiifiabl Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases notified in eacn Locality (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospi i al. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages.—Years. | ||||||||||||
| At all Ages. | Under 1 | 1 & under 5 Years. | 5 & under 15 years. | 15 & under 25 Years. | 25 & under 45 Years. | 45 & under 65 Years. | 65 and upwards. | North. | Centre. | South. | ||
| Small-pox | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 146 | 6 | 41 | 73 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 0 | 65 | 59 | 22 | 138 |
| Erysipelas | 38 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 9 | 3 | 18 | 16 | 4 | 9 |
| Scarlet h ever | 177 | 1 | 37 | 115 | 19 | 5 | 0 | 0 | 66 | 79 | 32 | 146 |
| 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | (I | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | |
| Enteric Fever Relapsing Fever )R) | 15 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 0 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 11 |
| Continued Fever (C) | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 11 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 0 | 10 |
| Polio-myelitis | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 36 | 36 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 5 | 2 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 330 | 0 | 4 | 48 | 72 | 137 | 61 | 8 | 164 | 107 | 59 | 93 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 44 | 2 | 4 | 23 | 9 | 5 | 0 | 1 | 20 | 20 | 4 | 11 |
| Measles and German Measles | 1664 | 74 | 712 | 810 | 35 | 32 | 1 | 0 | 852 | 521 | 291 | 9 |
| 2469 | 123 | 803 | 1077 | 170 | 209 | 75 | 12 | 1226 | 824 | 419 | 432 | |
Small-pox.—No case of small-pox has occurred in Hammersmith
since 1903.
Scarlet Fever.—177 cases were notified against 209 in 1916,
and 139 in 1917, and there were only three deaths.
Diphtheria.—146 cases were reported compared with 151 in
the previous year, and the deaths numbered 6, giving a case
fatality of 4'1 per cent.
Enteric Fever.—Fifteen cases were notified, against 20 in
1917, and there were 4 deaths.
Erysipelas.—Thirty-eight cases with 2 deaths were reported.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.—There were 11 cases of cerebrospinal
fever with 5 deaths against 10 with 6 deaths in 1917.
Acute Polio-myelitis.—No case was reported during the year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Thirty-six infants were certified
as suffering from ophthalmia, most of whom were treated in
hospitals or infirmaries.