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Hammersmith 1935
[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, 999 cases reported as due to notifiable infectious
diseases in the Borough, against 1,861 in the previous year.
There were also reported 679 cases of infectious diseases
that were not notifiable, against 1,606 in the previous year;
45 of these were Measles, 812 Whooping Cough and 322
Chickenpox.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis notified was 201
against 215 in the previous year.
| Material from cases of suspected Diphtheria— | |
| Positive results | 155 |
| Negative results | 1,330 |
| Sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis | |
| Tubercle bacillus found | 87 |
| Tubercle bacillus not found | 487 |
| Blood from cases of suspected Fever— | |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained | — |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction not obtained | 1 |
| Stools | 2 |
| Grand Total | 1,963 |