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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 1972
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith.
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE
1st January 1972 - 31st December 1972
| DISEASE | 0-1 | 1 | 2-4 | 5-14 | 15-24 | 25-44 | 45-64 | 65+ | Total | Cases Removed to Hospital | Deaths |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 14 | 26 | 80 | 89 | 2 | 3 | - | - | 214 | 8 | - |
| Dysentery | 5 | 2 | 18 | 60 | 4 | 19 | 5 | - | 113 | 7 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | - | 1 | 4 | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | 18 | - | - |
| Whooping Cough | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | - | - | - | - | 11 | 1 | - |
| Infective Jaundice | - | - | 1 | 2 | 22 | 25 | 5 | 2 | 57 | 34 | 1 |
| T.B. Resp. | - | - | 1 | 8 | 10 | 31 | 13 | 14 | 77 | 33 | 1 |
| Non-Resp. | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 13 | 4 | - |
| Acute Meningitis | 1 | 2 | - | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 11 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | 3 | 3 | - |
| Typhoid | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | - |
| Encephalitis (Post infectious) | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - |
| Food Poisoning | - | 1 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 31 | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | 6 | 6 | - |
| TOTAL | 23 | 33 | 115 | 184 | 60 | 94 | 33 | 18 | 560 | 118 | 3 |
SUMMARY OF NOTIFICATIONS DURING THE PERIOD 1ST JANUARY 1972-31ST DECEMBER 1972
FORMAL NOTIFICATIONS NUMBER OF PRIMARY NOTIFICATIONS OF NEW CASES OF TUBERCULOSIS
| Age | 0 | 1 | 2-4 | 5-9 | 10-14 | 15-19 | 20-24 | 25-34 | 35-44 | 45-54 | 55-64 | 65-74 | 75+ |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Respiratory | |||||||||||||
| Males | - | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 8 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 9 | - |
| Females | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 1 | - | 5 |
| Non-Respiratory | |||||||||||||
| Males | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | - | - |
| Females | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
CASES NOTIFIED AND DEATHS - PAST TEN YEARS
| YEAR | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED | Total | NUMBER OF DEATHS | NUMBER OF CASES ON REGISTER OF NOTIFICATIONS | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-Pulmonary | ||||
| 1963 | 117 | 27 | 144 | 22 | 2,584 |
| 1964 | 121 | 14 | 135 | 11 | 2,570 |
| 1965 | 116 | 33 | 149 | 3 | 2,282 |
| 1966 | 89 | 19 | 108 | 15 | 2,007 |
| 1967 | 91 | 12 | 103 | 15 | 1,833 |
| 1968 | 90 | 16 | 106 | 56 | 1,810 |
| 1969 | 92 | 29 | 121 | 10 | 1,623 |
| 1970 | 76 | 17 | 93 | 8 | 1,574 |
| 1971 | 73 | 21 | 94 | 17 | 1,536 |
| 1972 | 77 | 13 | 90 | 13 | 1,450 |
Average number of cases notified for the past 10 years 1963/72 (inclusive) 114.3
Average number of deaths for the 10 years 1963 72 (inclusive) 17.0
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