[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough] page 77

Hammersmith 1934

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

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BACTERIOLOGY.

The following bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—
Material from oases of suspected Diphtheria—
True Diphtheria bacillus isolated	220
Negative results	1,371
Sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis—
Tubercle bacillus found	56
Tubercle bacillus not found	475
Blood from cases of suspected Fever—
Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained	—
Widal or Typhoid reaction not obtained	1
Stools (for Food Poisoning) (negative)	1
Spleen	1
Grand Total	2,125

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1934

Notifiable Disease	Number of Cares Notified								Total cases notided in each Ward							Total Cases Re-moved to Hospita l.
	At all Ages
		Under 1	1 & under 5 Years	5 & under 15 Years	15 & under 25 Years	25 & under 45 Years	45 & under 65 Years	65 and upwards	S'th	Centre		North
		Under 1	1 & under 5 Years	5 & under 15 Years	15 & under 25 Years	25 & under 45 Years	45 & under 65 Years	65 and upwards	Ward 1	Ward 2	Ward 3	Ward 4	Ward 5	Ward 6	Ward 7
smallpox	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Cholera	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)	549	5	164	323	36	20	1	..	65	115	58	26	72	145	68	544
Erysipelas	79	1	2	8	6	14	34	14	9	10	12	4	16	18	10	51
Scarlet Fever	609	1	156	354	50	45	3	..	79	85	85	29	114	161	56	577
Typhus Fever	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Enteric Fever	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Puerperal Fever	2	..	..	..	1	1	..	..	..	1	..	..	1	..	..	2
Puerperal Pyrexia	22	..	..	..	5	17	..	..	3	3	5	..	4	5	2	20
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis	6	1	2	..	1	2	..	..	..	..	1	1	..	1	3	6
Polio-myelitis	1	..	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1
Encephalitis Lethargica	1	..	..	..	..	..	1	..	1	..	..	..	..	..	..	1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum	11	11	..	..	..	..	..	..	2	2	3	1	1	1	1	3
Anthrax	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Pneumonia	154	8	29	25	15	27	33	17	14	37	16	3	28	36	20	78
Malaria	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Dysentery	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..	..
Food Poisoning	4	..	..	..	..	3	1	..	2	..	..	1	..	1	..	..
Chickenpox	422	8	100	304	8	1	1	..	18	92	74	21	58	116	43	31
TOTALS	1861	35	453	1015	123	130	74	31	193	345	254	86	294	186	203	1,315

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Tuberculosis.