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Hammersmith 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER,
INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
Infectious Diseases.—There were, omitting tuberculosis,
638 cases reported as due to notifiable infectious
diseases in the Borough, against 747 in the previous year.
There were also reported 2,454 cases of infectious diseases
that were not notifiable, against 748 in the previous year;
1,859 of these were *Measles, 166 *Whooping Cough and
429 Chickenpox.
The number of cases of Tuberculosis notified was 192
against 174 in the previous year.
| Material from cases of suspected Diphtheria— | |
| Positive results | 58 |
| Negative results | 967 |
| Sputa from cases of suspected Tuberculosis— | |
| Tubercle bacillus found | 56 |
| Tubercle bacillus not found | 493 |
| Blood from cases of suspected Fever— | |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction obtained | — |
| Widal or Typhoid reaction not obtained | 1 |
| Faeces | 6 |
| Grand Total | 1,581 |
* Now notifiable under certain conditions.