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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 1933
[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,
1,827 cases reported as due to notifiable infectious
diseases in the Borough, against 1,487 in the previous year.
There were also reported 618 cases of infectious diseases
that were not notifiable, against 1,918 in the previous year;
299 of these were Measles, and 319 Whooping Cough.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis notified was 216
against 228 in the previous year.
| Material from cases of suspected Diphtheria— | |
| True Diphtheria bacillus isolated | 118 |
| Negative results | 1,297 |
| Sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis— | |
| Tubercle bacillus found | 104 |
| Tubercle bacillus not found | 456 |
| Blood from cases of suspected Fever— | |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained | 5 |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction not obtained | 1 |
| Urine | 1 |
| Grand Total | 1,982 |