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Hammersmith 1923
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1923
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living. The deaths from the seven principal zymotic diseases
in the whole of London were equal to 83 per 1,000 of the total
deaths registered and at the rate of 1.1 deaths per 1,000 persons
living. These deaths were, therefore, as compared with
the total deaths of residents registered, 8 more per 1,000 deaths
belonging to this Borough than in London, and, as compared
with the population, 0.06 more per 1,000 in this Borough than
in London.
The following table shews the deaths of residents registered from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in the ten years, 1914 to 1923.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Measles. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria and i Membranous Croup. | Whooping Cough. | Enteric Fever. | Diarrhœa and Cholera. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 0 | 41 | 5 | 15 | 20 | 3 | 74 | 158 |
| 1915 | 0 | 47 | 14 | 14 | 27 | 2 | 55 | 159 |
| 1916 | 0 | 27 | 4 | 15 | 10 | 1 | 47 | 104 |
| 1917 | 0 | 39 | 1 | 11 | 12 | 6 | 45 | 114 |
| 1918 | 0 | 44 | 3 | 6 | 28 | 4 | 31 | 116 |
| 1919 | 0 | 9 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 1 | 69 | 110 |
| 1920 | 0 | 16 | 7 | 35 | 12 | 1 | 35 | 106 |
| 1921 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 24 | 10 | 3 | 73 | 126 |
| 1922 | 0 | 36 | 11 | 49 | 40 | 4 | 18 | 158 |
| 1923 | 0 | 6 | 2 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 31 | 71 |
| Average last 10 yrs | 0 | 26 | 6 | 21 | 18 | 3 | 48 | 122 |
It will be seen from the preceding table that the total
number of deaths from these zymotic diseases last year was
51 below the average number registered in the last ten years.
Smallpox.-No case of Smallpox was notified in the
Borough during the year, against no case in the previous year.