Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926
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| Notifiable disease | Number of Cases Notified | Total cases notified in each Ward | Total Cases Bh-moved to Hospital | |||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 & under 5 Years | 5 & under 15 Years | 15 & under 25 Years | 25 &Aiuuder 45 Years | 15 & uuder 65 Years | 65 and upwards | S'th | Centre | North | |||||||||||||
| Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | ||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 254 | 10 | 76 | 129 | 28 | 10 | 1 | .. | 39 | 50 | 44 | 12 | 33 | 45 | 31 | 251 | ||||||
| Erysipelas | 29 | 1 | .. | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 19 | ||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 276 | 1 | 73 | 170 | 15 | 15 | 2 | .. | 30 | 56 | 45 | 22 | 38 | 66 | 19 | 267 | ||||||
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| En' eric Fever | 8 | .. | 1 | 3 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 6 | ||||||
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 7 | |||||||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 4 | .. | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | 9 | ||||||
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Polio-myelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 24 | 24 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 10 | ||||||
| Anthrax | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | ||||||
| Pneumonia | 102 | 2 | 12 | 14 | 18 | 29 | 17 | 10 | 14 | 24 | 12 | 8 | 21 | 15 | 8 | 39 | ||||||
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Trench Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||||||
| Totals | 716 | 39 | 162 | 320 | 77 | 78 | 28 | 12 | 96 | 148 | 114 | 46 | 102 | 148 | 62 | 614 | ||||||
| Tuberculosis | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 210 | .. | 3 | 8 | 53 | 89 | 51 | 6 | 39 | 41 | 42 | 11 | 22 | 32 | 23 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 68 | 1 | 5 | 16 | 9 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 8 | 8 | 11 | 18 | 1 | |
| Totals . | 278 | 1 | 8 | 41 | 69 | 98 | 53 | 8 | 47 | 55 | 50 | 19 | 33 | 50 | 24 |
Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The
total number of deaths of residents registered from the seven
principal zymotic diseases was 80 against 91 in the previous
year. The deaths of residents last year from these diseases
were equal to 51 per 1,000 of the total deaths of residents
registered and were at the rate of 0.6 deaths per 1,000 persons
living.
l'he following table shows the deaths of residents registered
from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in
the ten years, 1917 to 1926 :—