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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1943.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Wards. | Total Removed to Hospital. | ||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At allAges | Age Periods. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | l | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | |||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 53 | _ | 8 | 4 | 6 | — | 10 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 3 | 1 | — | 3 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 53 |
| Erysipelas | 25 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 13 |
| Scarlet Fever | 410 | 4 | 19 | 34 | 40 | 52 | 203 | 34 | 14 | 2 | 1 | — | 40 | 39 | 78 | 45 | 65 | 101 | 42 | 347 | |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||||
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 21 | 5 | — | — | 3 | 8 | — | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 26 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 17 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. | 12 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 5 | 1 | 11 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | I | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 8 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 | ||
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 59 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 15 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 8 | 10 | 7 | 8 |
| Malaria | 4 | — | — | — | — | -- | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 39 | 7 | 10 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 37 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | o | 2 | I |
| Measles | 721 | 39 | 105 | 85 | 95 | 93 | 257 | 19 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 1 | — | 53 | 114 | 139 | 48 | 142 | 165 | 60 | 180 |
| Whooping Cough | 208 | 33 | 49 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 40 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 16 | 20 | 35 | 17 | 56 | 55 | 9 | 83 |
| Scabies | 644 | 26 | 23 | 27 | 17 | 19 | 85 | 83 | 73 | 161 | 64 | 54 | 12 | 57 | 99 | 95 | 38 | 131 | 176 | 48 | 2 |
| Totals | 2,233 | 126 | 216 | 185 | 186 | 194 | 607 | 148 | 98 | 266 | 93 | 83 | 31 | 185 | 325 | 398 | 164 | 428 | 552 | 181 | 792 |