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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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Twenty-five cases were treated at the homes of the patients.
Six at Fulham Infirmary, 7 at St. Marylebone Infirmary, and
1 at the City of Westminster Infirmary. Four deaths were
registered. The mortality rate on the cases reported was 10.3
per cent.
Typhus Fever. —No case was reported as due to Typhus
Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Relapsing Fever. —No case was reported as due to Relapsing
Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Continued Fever. —One case was reported as due to
Continued Fever, against one case in the previous year. This
case was treated at one of the Metropolitan Asylums Board's
Hospitals.
Puerperal Fever. —Nine cases were reported as due to
Puerperal Fever, against twelve cases in the previous year.
Five of the cases were treated at the Isolation Hospitals of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board, 3 at the Fulham Infirmary,
and 1 at St. Marylebone Infirmary. Four deaths were
registered. The mortality rate on the cases reported was
44.4 per cent.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. —Four cases of Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis were reported, against 2in the previous year. One
case was removed to one of the M.A.B. Hospitals, 2 cases
were removed to the West London Hospital, and 1 being
treated at the home of the patient. One death was registreated.
The mortality rate on the cases reported was 50 per
cent.
Acute Polio-myelitis. —Three cases were reported as due
to Polio-myelitis, against 6 cases in the previous year. One