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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Scarlet Fever.—Three hundred and thirty-two cases
were notified as due to Scarlet Fever, against three hundred
and thirty-five in the previous year. Three hundred and
twenty-two cases were treated at the Isolation Hospitals,
and ten at the homes of the patients. One death was
registered. The mortality rate was 0.3 per cent.
Enteric Fever.—One case was reported as due to Paratyphoid
Fever, against thirteen cases in the previous year.
The case was treated in hospital.
Erysipelas.—Fifty-one cases were reported as due to
Erysipelas, against thirty-eight cases in the previous year.
Fourteen cases were treated at the homes of the patients,
and thirty-seven in various hospitals.
Typhus Fever.—No case was reported as due to
Typhus Fever.
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