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Hammersmith 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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Cases of Infectious Diseases notified during the year 1931. TABLE IV.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedTotal cases notified in each WardTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
At all Ages
Under 11 & under 5 Years5 &, under 15 Years15 & under 25 Years25 & under 45 Years45 & under 65 Years65 and upwardsS'thCentreNorth
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
Smallpox49..92739..1........454..49
Choler. (C) Plague (P)................................
Diphtheria (includingMembranous Croup)22867610825112..33413111453631228
Erysipelas482236121494253918724
Scarlet Fever28018615031111..25285512327157273
Typhus Fever................................
Enteric Fever1....1........1............1
Relapsing Fever (R)Continued Fever (C)................................
Puerperal Fever5........5......31....1..4
Puerperal Pyrexia30......2010....728434224
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis932..31....321..21..9
Polio-myelitis................................
Encephalitis Lethargica2....1..1............1..12
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1313............4..121328
Anthrax................................
Pneumonia14110201218392814182223623282170
Malaria................................
Dysentery2..11..................2..2
TOTALS

Tuberculosis.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis183....5537844320401910304120
Other forms of Tuberculosis56281514107..1471016162
TOTALS2392820678851334472911366022

Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.—
The total number of deaths of residents registered from
the seven principal zymotic diseases was 88 against 89 in
the previous year. The deaths of residents last year from
these diseases were equal to 23 per 1,000 of the total
deaths of residents registered and were at the rate of
0.3 deaths per 1,000 persons living.