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Hammersmith 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Infectious Diseases.—There were, omitting tuberculosis,
1,515 cases reported as due to notifiable infectious
diseases in the Borough, against l,196 in the previous year.
There were also reported 442 cases of infectious diseases
that were not notifiable, against 2,124 in the previous year;
178 of these were Measles, and 264 Whooping Cough.
The increase in the number of notifiable cases is due to
notification of Chickenpox.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis notified was 239
against 250 in the previous year.
| Material from cases of suspected Diphtheria— | |
| True Diphtheria bacillus isolated | 132 |
| Negative results | 1,308 |
| Sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis— | |
| Tubercle bacillus found | 74 |
| Tubercle bacillus not found | 407 |
| Blood from cases of suspected Fever— | |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained | _ |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction not obtained | 6 |
| Stools (for Tuberculosis), Negative | 5 |
| Urine (8.5.31 and 28.9.31) | 5 |
| Spleen | 1 |
| Grand Total | 1,934 |