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Hammersmith 1933

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

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1933 Table V.

Notifiable diseaseNumber ofcases 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 15 Years45 & under 65 Years65 and upwardsS'thCentreNorth
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
Smallpox................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)................................
Diphtheria (includingMembranous Croup)24186213623102..47291827374241236
Erysipelas97336830351210141361926968
Scarlet Fever895720258257452..134124999113722684876
Typhus Fever................................
Enteric Fever8....413......24....2..7
Relapsing Fever (R)Continued Fever (C)................................
Puerperal Fever9......36....212112..7
Puerperal Pyrexia33......1122....3522611428
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis6..213......111..12..6
Polio-myelitis4..22............1..1113
Encephalitis Lethargica11......................1..1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1010............31111212
Anthrax................................
Pneumonia179418282052401718272011245128105
Malaria................................
Dysentery3..21..........1......2..3
Food Poisoning8....13..4........125....
Chickenpox333111211841241..5220361272806130
TOTALS18274441294514117284292702251971523014532291,372

Tuberculosis.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis185..13487355521403412184317
Other forms of Tuberculosis3112810541313..2463
TOTALS2161311587859624533414224920

Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.—
The total number of deaths of residents registered from
the seven principal zymotic diseases was 54 against 74 in
the previous year. The deaths of residents last year from
these diseases were equal to 31.9 per 1,000 of the total
deaths of residents registered and were at the rate of
0.4 deaths per 1,000 persons living.