London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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Hammersmith 1935

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

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Relapsing Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Relapsing Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Continued Fever.—No case was reported as due to Continued
Fever, against no case in the previous year.
Puerperal Fever.—Two cases were reported as due to
Puerperal Fever, against two cases in the previous year.
Both cases were treated at a London County Council
Hospital. One death was registered from Puerperal Sepsis
and one from other accidents and diseases of pregnancy.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—Nineteen cases were reported as due
to Puerperal Pyrexia against twenty-two in the previous
year. One case was treated at a London County Council
Hospital, three at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and fifteen at
various other hospitals.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.—Two cases of Cerebro-Spinal
Meningitis were reported against six cases in the previous
year. One case was treated at Hammersmith Hospital and
one at St. Charles Hospital. Two deaths were registered.
Acute Polio-myelitis.—Two cases were reported as due
to Polio-myelitis, against one case in the previous year.
Both cases were treated at a London County Council
Isolation Hospital.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—Two cases were reported as
due to Fncephalitis Lethargica, against one in the previous
year. One case was treated at the London Homoeopathic
Hospital and one was treated at home.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Fleven cases were reported
as due to Ophthalmia Neonatorum, against eleven cases in
the previous year. Seven cases were treated at London
County Council Hospitals, two at Hammersmith Hospital
and two at the homes of the patients. In the cases treated