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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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Statistics showing the incidence of all infectious diseases during the year are included in the general report, but in so far as they relate particularly to diseases of parturient women and children under five years of age, are tabulated:
| Disease. | No. of Cases Notified. | Previous Year. | No. of Cases Visited. | No. of Cases Nursed. | No. of Cases Removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 9 | 9 | - | 9 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | 21 | 37 | 1 | 36 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 4 | 14 | 6‡ | |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa* | 25 | 3 | 3 | 40 | |
| Measles & German Measles (under 5)† | 42 | 42 | 5 | ||
| Whooping Cough (under 5)† | 145 | 145 | - | 59 | |
| Poliomyelitis (under 5) | 2 | - |
* Summer Diarrhoea.—As this is not a notifiable disease the figures
available are those of deaths which were registered as having been due to
this cause.
† Not notifiable diseases.
‡ Subsequently removed.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases
reported was fourteen against four in the previous year.
The analysis of the final reports received is as follows:—
| Cases. | Vision unimpaired. | Vision Impaired. | Total Blindness. | Removed from Dis trict. | Still under Treatment. | Deaths | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Notified. | Treated. | |||||||
| At Home. | In Hospital. | |||||||
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| Totals | 1 | 13 | - | — | - | 1 | - | - |