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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hammersmith 1937

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

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Table: TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1928 to 1937.

TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1928 to 1937.

Year.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia. dCholera.Erysipelas.Plague.Chickenpox. aMeasles b aWhooping Cough. aCerebro-Spinal Fever.Anthrax.Glanders.Hydrophobia.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Acute Polio-Myelitis.Encephalitis Lethargica.Pneumonia. cMalaria. cDysentery. cTrench Fever. eFood Poisioning. fTotal.
1928033738008007180520114631453000213313051001758
1929040924904009150740872371133000130323201001452
19302149838406001026063043214862063000141416600003320
193149280228010053004807071782649000130214102001957
193205941920400229051040515883308000191117801023405
19330895241080093309703332993196000104117903082445
193406095490100222079042213342726000111115400043467
1935034933305002190500435453122000112288014091678
193603351300130092103802931372234600042083214012557
1937033217901009370510353813145000142089026021495
Average for 10 years7464287050062506003587252415000132214416032353

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a Not Notifiable. b Notifiable during the years 1916—1919.
e Notifiable from 1st March, 1919, to 31/12/1927.
c Notifiable from 1st March, 1919. d Notifiable from 1st October, 1926.
f Notifiable from 12th July, 1932.