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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Relapsing Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Relapsing Fever.
Continued Fever.—No case was reported as due to Continued
Fever.
Puerperal Fever.—Nine cases were reported as due to
Puerperal Fever, against two cases in the previous year.
Six cases were treated at Isolation Hospitals of the London
County Council, 2 at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and 1 at
Hammersmith Hospital. One death was registered from
Puerperal Sepsis and 2 from other accidents and diseases
of pregnancy.
Puerperal Pyrexia.—Twenty-one cases were reported
as due to Puerperal Pyrexia against nineteen in the previous
year. Once case was treated at a London County Council
Isolation Hospital, three at Queen Charlotte's Hospital and
seventeen at various other hospitals.
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.—Six cases of Cerebrospinal
Meningitis were reported against two cases in the
previous year. Two cases were treated at Isolation Hospitals
and four at various other hospitals. Two deaths were
registered.
Acute Polio-myelitis.—Two cases were reported as due
to Polio-myelitis, against two cases in the previous year.
One case was treated at a London County Council Isolation
Hospital and 1 at home.
Encephalitis Lethargica.—No case was reported as
due to Encephalitis Lethargica, against two cases in the
previous year.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—Four cases were reported
as due to Ophthalmia Neonatorum, against eleven cases in