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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hammersmith 1942

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

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Table: Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Infectious Diseases of Mothers and Children under Five Years of Age.

Disease.No. of Cases Notified.Previous Year.No. of Cases Visited.No. of Cases Nursed.No. of Cases Removed to Hospital.
Puerperal Fever111211—11
Puerperal Pyrexia121312—12
Ophthalmia Neonatorum383—3
Epidemic Diarrhœa*187———
Measles and German Measles (under 5)40219340211117
Whooping Cough (under 5)2691462697103
Poliomyelitis (under 5)—1———

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* Summer Diarrhœa.—As this is not a notifiable disease the figures
available are those of deaths which were registered as having been due to
this cause.

Table: Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was three against eight in the previous year. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows :—

Ophthalmia Neonatorum.—The number of cases reported was three against eight in the previous year. The analysis of the final reports received is as follows :—

Cases.Vision unimpaired.Vision ImpairedTotal Blindness.Removed from District.Still under Treatment.Deaths.
Notified.Treated.
At Home.In Hospital.
25.4.42—1Yes—————
5.5.42—1„—————
29.8.42—1,,—————
Totals—33—————