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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Hammersmith 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Total.
TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1923 to 1932.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup. | Typhus Fever. | Enteric Fever. | Simple Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. d | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Plague. | Chickenpox. f | Measles. b a | Whooping Cough. a | Cerebro-Spinal Fever. | Anthrax. | Glanders. | Hydrophobia. f | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Acute Polio-Myelitis. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Pneumonia. e | Malaria. c | Dysentery. c | Trench Fever. e | Food Poisioning. g. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1923 | 0 | 245 | 233 | 0 | 14 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 0 | 31 | 0 | 363 | 347 | 136 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 28 | 4 | 6 | 84 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1507 |
| 1924 | 0 | 243 | 267 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 12 | 0 | 0 | 35 | 0 | 311 | 1361 | 297 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 5 | 13 | 154 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2729 |
| 1925 | 0 | 290 | 208 | 0 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 15 | 0 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 402 | 658 | 573 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 2 | 9 | 142 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2378 |
| 1926 | 0 | 276 | 254 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 17 | 10 | 0 | 29 | 0 | 290 | 712 | 148 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 24 | 0 | 4 | 102 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 1866 |
| 1927 | 0 | 312 | 368 | 0 | 11 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 22 | 0 | 41 | 0 | 269 | 60 | 83 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 16 | 0 | 4 | 145 | 2 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 1343 |
| 1928 | 0 | 337 | 380 | 0 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 7 | 18 | 0 | 52 | 0 | 114 | 631 | 45 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 21 | 3 | 3 | 130 | 5 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1758 |
| 1929 | 0 | 109 | 249 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 9 | 15 | 0 | 74 | 0 | 87 | 237 | 113 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 3 | 232 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 1452 |
| 1930 | 21 | 498 | 384 | 0 | 6 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 26 | 0 | 63 | 0 | 432 | 1486 | 206 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 14 | 1 | 4 | 166 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 3320 |
| 1931 | 49 | 280 | 228 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 5 | 30 | 0 | 48 | 0 | 707 | 178 | 264 | 9 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 13 | 0 | 2 | 141 | 0 | 2 | 0 | 0 | 1957 |
| 1932 | 0 | 594 | 192 | 0 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 2 | 29 | 0 | 51 | 0 | 405 | 1588 | 330 | 8 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 178 | 0 | 1 | 0 | 2 | 3405 |
| Average for 10 years | 7 | 348 | 276 | 0 | 7 | 0 | 0 | 10 | 15 | 0 | 47 | 0 | 338 | 726 | 219 | 4 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 18 | 2 | 5 | 147 | 1 | 1 | 0 | 0 | 2171 |
| a Not Notifiable. b Notifiable during the years 1916—1919. e Notifiable from 1st March, 1919, to 31/12/1927. | c Notifiable from 1st March, 1919. f Notifiable from 2nd March, 1931. | d Notifiable from 1st October, 1926. g. Notifiable from 12th July, 1932. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Whooping Cough. a
Cerebro-Spinal
Fever.
Anthrax.
Glanders.
Hydrophobia. f
Ophthalmia
Neonatorum.
Acute
Polio-Myelitis.
Encephalitis
Lethargica.
Pneumonia. e
Malaria. c
Dysentery. c
Trench Fever. e
Food Poisioning. g.
1923
0
245
233
0
14
0
0
13
0
0
31
0
363
347
136
3
0
0
0
28
4
6
84
0
0
0
0
1507
1924
0
243
267
0
6
0
0
12
0
0
35
0
311
1361
297
7
0
0
0
16
5
13
154
1
1
0
0
2729
1925
0
290
208
0
9
0
0
15
0
0
47
0
402
658
573
1
0
0
0
21
2
9
142
0
1
0
0
2378
1926
0
276
254
0
8
0
0
17
10
0
29
0
290
712
148
1
0
0
0
24
0
4
102
0
0
0
0
1866
1927
0
312
368
0
11
0
0
7
22
0
41
0
269
60
83
0
1
0
0
16
0
4
145
2
3
0
0
1343
1928
0
337
380
0
8
0
0
7
18
0
52
0
114
631
45
3
0
0
0
21
3
3
130
5
1
0
0
1758
1929
0
109
249
0
4
0
0
9
15
0
74
0
87
237
113
3
0
0
0
13
0
3
232
0
1
0
0
1452
1930
21
498
384
0
6
0
0
10
26
0
63
0
432
1486
206
3
0
0
0
14
1
4
166
0
0
0
0
3320
1931
49
280
228
0
1
0
0
5
30
0
48
0
707
178
264
9
0
0
0
13
0
2
141
0
2
0
0
1957
1932
0
594
192
0
4
0
0
2
29
0
51
0
405
1588
330
8
0
0
0
19
1
1
178
0
1
0
2
3405
Average
for 10
years
7
348
276
0
7
0
0
10
15
0
47
0
338
726
219
4
0
0
0
18
2
5
147
1
1
0
0
2171
a Not Notifiable. b Notifiable during the years 1916—1919.
e Notifiable from 1st March, 1919, to 31/12/1927.
c Notifiable from 1st March, 1919.
f Notifiable from 2nd March, 1931.
d Notifiable from 1st October, 1926.
g. Notifiable from 12th July, 1932.