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Hammersmith 1936
[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, 658 cases reported as due to notifiable infectious
diseases in the Borough, against 999 in the previous year.
There were also reported 1,899 cases of infectious diseases
that were not notifiable, against 679 in the previous year;
1,372 of these were Measles, 234 Whooping Cough and 293
Chickenpox.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis notified was 196
against 201 in the previous year.
| Material from cases of suspected Diphtheria— | |
| Positive results | 49 |
| Negative results | 807 |
| Sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis- | |
| Tubercle bacillus found | 62 |
| Tubercle bacillus not found | 472 |
| Blood from cases of suspected Fever— | |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained | - |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction not obtained | 1 |
| Stools (positive = 2, negative = 1) | 3 |
| Urine (negative) | 8 |
| Grand Total | 1,397 |