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Hammersmith 1931

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

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and seven at the homes of the patients. Two deaths were
registered. The mortality rate was 0.7 per cent.
Enteric Fever.—One case was reported as due to
Enteric Fever, against six cases in the previous year. The
case was treated at the Hammersmith Hospital. No death
was registered.
Erysipelas.—Forty-eight cases were reported as due to
Erysipelas, against sixty-three cases in the previous year.
Twenty-four cases were treated at the homes of the
patients, seven at the Hammersmith Hospital, seven at
St. Charles' Hospital, three at the London County Council
Isolation Hospitals, two at the West London Hospital, one
at St. Stephen's Hospital, one at the Fulham Hospital, one
at the Hospital for Sick Children, one at St. John's
Hospital, and one at St. Mary's Hospital. No death was
registered.
Typhus Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Typhus Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Relapsing Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Relapsing Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Continued Fever.—No case was reported as due to Continued
Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Puerperal Fever.—Five cases were reported as due to
Puerperal Fever, against ten cases in the previous year.
Two cases were treated at the London County Council
Hospitals, two at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, and one at
the home of the patient. Two deaths were registered. The
mortality rate on the cases reported was 40 per cent.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—Thirty cases were reported as due
to Puerperal Pyrexia against twenty-six in the previous
year. Two cases were treated at the Isolation Hospital of
the London County Council, two at St. Mary Abbots
Hospital, fifteen at Queen Charlotte's Hospital, two at
St. George's Hospital, one at St. Pancras Hospital, one at
the City of London Maternity Hospital, one at St. Marylebone
Hospital, and six at the homes of the patients.