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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 1935

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

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Table: Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 193d.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 193d.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber ofCASES NotifiedTotal cases notified in each WardTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
At all AgesAge Periods
Under 11 dc under 5 Years5 & under 15 Years15& under 25 Years25 & under 45 Years45 <fc under 65 Years66 and upwardsS'thCentreNorth
Ward 1 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
Smallpox...................................................
Diphtheria (including
Membranous Croup)33351021841721436503616856743331
501141622665831114330
Scarlet Fever34931131673032457343822819423336
Typhus Fever
Enteric FeverRelapsing Fever (R)Continued Fever (C)5.........23......11125
Puerperal Fever..............................2
Puerperal Pyrexia19811......1......263119
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis...1.........12
22...............11...2
2......21...1......1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1111.....................3...1149
..................
Pneumonia8849102b2837231346231231
Dysentery1413I6310215
93221121331
Chickenpox1134296981111912213193277
TOTALS999302591338811860111321431235421124294781

Table: Tuberculosis.

Tuberculosis.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis170250763753333272244011
Other forms of Tuberculosis ..31-11210713813142
TOTALS ..20111460833853641273275413

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Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.—
The total number of deaths of residents registered from
the seven principal zymotic diseases was 49 against 100 in
the previous year. The deaths of residents last year from
these diseases were equal to 82 per 1,000 of the total
deaths of residents registered and were at the rate of
0.3 deaths per 1,000 persons living.