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Hammersmith 1938

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

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1938.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedWardsTotal Removed 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)189461516217017131944..1836326463021188
Erysipelas54..11..122491020..49631117434
Scarlet Fever29141017213210944272232..41513o8526541268
Typhus Fever......................................
Enteric Fever2............11..................112
Relapsing Fever (R)..........................................
Puerperal Fever11................74....i3..151..11
Puerperal Pyrexia16............1132....154..22215
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis.81......211..3......112..1218
Polio-Myelitis5......122............1.2....2..5
Encephalitis Lethargica1..1....................1............1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum8821]118
Anthrax..........................................
Pneumonia11541244518281418206i330187929974
Malaria..........................................
Dysentery23642223....111114....311423
Food Poisoning5..1............3..1....3....11..1
TOTALS728273539446520567549142481182144982613116285638