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Hammersmith 1937

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

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1937.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedwardsTotal Removed to hospital.
At all AgesAge Periods
Under 11—2—3—4—5—10—15—20—35—45—65—
1234567
Smallpox..........................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)..........................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)179514101518771831621..38181815293526179
Erysipelas51221....1526721481254611537
Scarlet Fever33241716273313056212044130483919691198322
Typhus Fever..........................................
Enteric Fever1............1..........1............1
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)..........................................
Puerperal Fever9................63....11121219
Puerperal Pyrexia37..............1315....385547536
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis5111........2............31....15
Polio-myelitis2..........1....1........1....1....2
Encephalitis Lethargica..........................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1414......................4142..1213
Anthrax..........................................
Pneumonia89753318431312237714941735333
Malaria..........................................
Dysentery2654232811........333176323
Food Poisoning2............1......1..........2....
TOTALS747384332485422586339333501295106875313421851660