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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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Table: TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1924 to 1933.

TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1924 to 1933.

Year.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia. dCholera.Erysipelas.Plague.Chickenpox. fMeasles. b aWhooping Cough. aCerebro-Spinal Fever.Anthrax.Glanders.Hydrophobia.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Acute Polio-Myelitis.Encephalitis Lethargica.Pneumonia. cMalaria. cDysentery. cTrench Fever.eFood Poisioning. g.Total.
1924024326706001200350311136129770001651315411002729
19250290208090015004704026585731000212914201002378
192602762540800171002902907121481000240410200001866
1927031236801100722041026960830100160414523001343
1928033738008007180520114631453000213313051001758
1929040924904009150740872371133000130323201001452
19302149838406001026063043214862063000141416600003320
193149280228010053004807071782649000130214102001957
193205941920400229051040515883308000191117801023405
19330895241080093309703332993196000104117903082445
Average for 10 years7413277060091805403357212384000172415711012265
a Not Notifiable. b Notifiable during the years 1916—1919. c Notifiable from 1st March, 1919. d Notifiable from 1st October. 1926.e Notifiable from 1st March, 1919, to 31/12/1927. f Notifiable from 2nd March, 1931. g. Notifiable from 12th July, 1932.