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Hammersmith 1936

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

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1936.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Oases NotifiedTotal cases notified in each WardTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
At all AgesAGE PERIODS
Under 11 & under 5 Years5 & under 15 Years15 & under 25 Years25 & under 45 Years45 & under 65 Years65 and upwards8thCentreNorth
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
Smallpox................................
Cholera (c )plague (p)................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)130645561013....2218107263215129
Erysipelas38....3432084116158325
Scarlet Fever33529117 73824214/5/397747635321
Typhus................................
Enteric13..23422....32332..13
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)................................
Puerperal Fever9......36......1311119
Puerperal pyrexia21......1011....334343121
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis ..612..21....32......1..6
Polio -myelites2..11........1........1..1
Encephlities................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum44............211.........2
Anthrax................................
Pneumonia83313187182041417112926536
Malaria2........11......1....1....
Dysentery1438111....242..2..413
Food Poisoning1........1........1..........
TOTALS658191622597981451399117802412415064577

Tuberculosis.

Pulmonary Tuberculosis156..16 486036526272411183812
Other forms of Tuberculosis40..912 792161156453
TOTALS196..1018 556938632382917224315

Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.—
The total number of deaths of residents registered from
the seven principal zymotic diseases was 57 against 49 in
the previous year. The deaths of residents last year from
these diseases were equal to 36 per 1,000 of the total
deaths of residents registered and were at the rate of 0.4
deaths per 1,000 persons living.