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Hammersmith 1938

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

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TABULAR STATEMENT—ZYMOTIC DISEASES. The following table shows the number of cases that were reported as due to the undermentioned diseases during the years 1929 to 1938.

Year.Smallpox.Scarlet Fever.Diphtheria or Diphtheritic Croup.Typhus Fever.Enteric Fever.Simple Continued Fever.Relapsing Fever.Puerperal Fever.Puerperal Pyrexia. dCholera.Erysipelas.Plague.Chicken pox. aMeasles. bWhoopine Cough. bCerebro-Spinal Fever.Anthrax.Glanders.Hydrophobia.Ophthalmia Neonatorum.Acute Polio-Myelitis.Encephalitis Lfthargica.Pneumonia. eMalaria. cDysentery. cTrench Fever. eFood Poisoning. /Total.
192901092490400915074087237113300013032320i001152
1930214983840600102ti063043214862063o0014I416600003320
1931492802280100530048<17071782649000130214102001957
193205941920400229051040515883308000191117801023405
19330895241080093309703332993196000104117903082445
193106095490100222079042213342726000111115400043467
1935034933305u02190500435453122000112288014091678
193603351300130092103802931372234600042083214012557
1937033217901009370510353813145000142089026021495
1938029118902001116054042918591668 ! 000751115023053181
Average for 10 years7459267040072506003908482536000122214319032496
a Not Notifiable. b Notifiable from 1st October, 1938. c Notifiable from 1st March, 1919. d Notifiable from 1st October, 1926. e Notifiable from 1st March, 1919, to 31/12/1927. / Notifiable from 12th July, 1982.