Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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and forty-nine in the previous year. Three hundred and
twenty-one cases were treated at the Isolation Hospitals,
and fourteen at the homes of the patients. Three deaths
were registered. The mortality rate was 0.9 per cent.
Enteric Fever.—Thirteen cases were reported as due to
Enteric Fever, against five cases in the previous year. The
cases were treated in various hospitals. It was not possible
to trace the source of infection.
Erysipelas.—Thirty-eight cases were reported as due to
Erysipelas, against fifty cases in the previous year.
Thirteen cases were treated at the homes of the patients,
and twenty-five in various hospitals.
Typhus Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Typhus Fever.