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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| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified | wards | Total Removed to hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Age Periods | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 179 | 5 | 14 | 10 | 15 | 18 | 77 | 18 | 3 | 16 | 2 | 1 | .. | 38 | 18 | 18 | 15 | 29 | 35 | 26 | 179 |
| Erysipelas | 51 | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 7 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 6 | 11 | 5 | 37 |
| Scarlet Fever | 332 | 4 | 17 | 16 | 27 | 33 | 130 | 56 | 21 | 20 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 48 | 39 | 19 | 69 | 119 | 8 | 322 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 37 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 31 | 5 | .. | .. | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 5 | 36 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | 89 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 13 | 12 | 23 | 7 | 7 | 14 | 9 | 4 | 17 | 35 | 3 | 33 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | 26 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 23 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | |
| TOTALS | 747 | 38 | 43 | 32 | 48 | 54 | 225 | 86 | 33 | 93 | 33 | 50 | 12 | 95 | 106 | 87 | 53 | 134 | 218 | 51 | 660 |