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Hammersmith 1922
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1922
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PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
DISEASES.
Infectious Diseases. —There were, omitting tuberculosis,
1,197 cases reported as due to notifiable infectious diseases
in the Borough, against 2,083 in the previous year. The
number of cases of Tuberculosis notified was 295 against 347 in
the previous year. There were also reported 1,865 cases of
infectious diseases that were not notifiable, against 332 in the
previous year; 1,284 of these were Measles, 357 Whooping
Cough, and 224 Chicken Pox.
TABLE IV. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1922.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Total cases notified in each locality (e.g. Parish or ward) of the District. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | At Ages.—Years. | |||||||||||
| 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 440 | 9 | 137 | 224 | 35 | 32 | 3 | ... | 235 | 156 | 49 | 429 |
| Erysipelas | 39 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 12 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 17 | 8 | 14 |
| Scarlet Fever | 496 | 1 | 129 | 271 | 56 | 34 | 5 | ... | 215 | 220 | 61 | 479 |
| Typhus Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric Fever | 14 | ... | ... | 1 | 7 | 2 | 4 | ... | 4 | 9 | 1 | 12 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | 1C | ... | ... | ... | 1C | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1C | 1C |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | ... | ... | 5 | 4 | ... | 9 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 1 | 3 |
| Polio-myelitis | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Encephalitis Letharflica | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 35 | 35 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 16 | 3 | 7 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 246 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 63 | 119 | 43 | 6 | 109 | 97 | 40 | 72 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 49 | 3 | 5 | 21 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 36 | 7 | 6 | 15 |
| Anthrax | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Pneumonia | 154 | 8 | 22 | 15 | 8 | 45 | 42 | 14 | 89 | 46 | 19 | 41 |
| Malaria | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Trench Fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1492 | 62 | 297 | 549 | 187 | 258 | 113 | 26 | 728 | 574 | 190 | 1071 |