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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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1938.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified | Wards | Total Removed 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) | 189 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 16 | 21 | 70 | 17 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 4 | .. | 18 | 36 | 32 | 6 | 46 | 30 | 21 | 188 |
| Erysipelas | 54 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 9 | 10 | 20 | .. | 4 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 11 | 17 | 4 | 34 |
| Scarlet Fever | 291 | 4 | 10 | 17 | 21 | 32 | 109 | 44 | 27 | 22 | 3 | 2 | .. | 41 | 51 | 3o | 8 | 52 | 65 | 41 | 268 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Enteric Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 4 | .. | .. | i | 3 | .. | 1 | 5 | 1 | .. | 11 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 13 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 4 | .. | 2 | 2 | 2 | 15 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | 8 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 |
| Polio-Myelitis | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | . | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 8 | 8 | 2 | 1 | ] | 1 | 1 | 8 | |||||||||||||
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | 115 | 4 | 12 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 18 | 2 | 8 | 14 | 18 | 20 | 6 | i3 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 29 | 9 | 74 | |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | 23 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 4 | 23 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 |
| TOTALS | 728 | 27 | 35 | 39 | 44 | 65 | 205 | 67 | 54 | 91 | 42 | 48 | 11 | 82 | 144 | 98 | 26 | 131 | 162 | 85 | 638 |