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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 1926
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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far as they relate particularly to diseases of parturient women and children under five years of age, are tabulated below:—
| Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Previous Year. | No. of Cases Visited. | No. of Cases Nursed. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | 15 | 7 | — | 7 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | — | 10 | 1 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 24 | 21 | 24 | 10 | 10 |
| Epidemic Diarrhoea | *26 | 35 | — | 4 | — |
| Measles & German Measles (under 5)† | 201 | 201 | 201 | 8 | 41 |
| Whooping Cough (under 5)† | 52 | 327 | 52 | 1 | 5 |
| Poliomyelitis (under 5) | — | 2 | — | — | — |
* Summer Diarrhoea.—As this is not a notifiable disease the figures
available are those of deaths which were registered as having been
due to this cause.
t Not notifiable diseases.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported
was twenty-four, acrainst twenty-one in the previous year.
The analysis of the final reports received is as follows:—
| Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Deaths. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||
| 24 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 1 | — | — |
All notified cases of diseases of parturient women and
children under five years of age are visited immediately, and
arrangements made for the attendance of a nurse where
required.
SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Staff.—There are nine male Sanitary Inspectors and one
lady Sanitary Inspector.
Eight of the male Inspectors are employed as District
Inspectors, being responsible for all matters excepting the