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90
Pneumonia.—One hundred and two cases of Pneumonia
(twenty-one Influenzal Pneumonia and eighty-one
Primary Pneumonia) were notified during the year. The
majority of the patients were treated at home.
Thirty-nine cases were treated at various institutions.
All cases were made the subject of inquiry by your lady
Sanitary Inspector or Health Visitors, and in many cases it
was found necessary to arrange for a nurse to visit and attend
to the wants of the patients. This was done by arrangement
with the Hammersmith District Nursing Association.
One hundred and five deaths were registered.
From the above figures it may be assumed that a good many
cases have occurred, of which no information has been received
by your Public Health Department.
Malaria.—No case was reported, against one case in the
previous year.
Dysentery.—No case of Dysentery was reported against
one case in the previous year.
Trench Fever.—No case of Trench Fever was reported,
against no case in the previous year.
Influenza.—During the year twenty-three deaths from
Influenza occurred, as compared with thirty-four in the previous
year.
Wrong Diagnosis.—Forty-five cases of infectious disease
were removed to the Hospitals of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board and subsequently returned home in consequence of the
patients being found not to be suffering from the disease
stated on the certificates, or any other notifiable disease—
Diphtheria 27
Scarlet Fever 17
Enteric Fever 1
Total 45
Cleansing of Verminous Persons.—The Medicinal Baths in
Scotts Road, Shepherd's Bush, provide for the treatment of
cases of Scabies, Impetigo and the cleansing of verminous
persons, etc.