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Hammersmith 1926

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough of Hammersmith for the year 1926

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1926. Table IV.

Notifiable diseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedTotal cases notified in each WardTotal Cases Bh-moved to Hospital
At all Ages
Under 11 & under 5 Years5 & under 15 Years15 & under 25 Years25 &Aiuuder 45 Years15 & uuder 65 Years65 and upwardsS'thCentreNorth
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
Smallpox................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)254107612928101..39504412334531251
Erysipelas291..38872447238119
Scarlet Fever27617317015152..30564522386619267
Typhus Fever................................
En' eric Fever8..1313......211..4..6
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)................................
Puerperal Fever7......25....2..1..22..7
Puerperal Pyrexia10......37......4....24..9
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis11..............1..........1
Polio-myelitis................................
Encephalitis Lethargica4....1111....21....1..4
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2424............743133310
Anthrax1......1........1..........1
Pneumonia102212141829171014241282115839
Malaria................................
Dysentery................................
Trench Fever................................
Totals7163916232077782812961481144610214862614

Tuberculosis
Pulmonary Tuberculosis210..38538951639414211223223
Other forms of Tuberculosis681533169228148811181
Totals .2781841699853847555019335024

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 :—