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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 1945

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

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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING
TUBERCULOSIS).
Infectious Diseases.—There were, omitting tuberculosis,
2,922 cases reported as due to notifiable infectious
diseases in the Borough, against 1,810 in the previous
year. There were also reported 572 cases of infectious
diseases that were not notified, against 349 in the previous
year; 380 of these were *Measles, 25 *Whooping Cough,
56 *Scabies and 111 Chickenpox.
♦Totals (notified cases and cases reported from other sources)—Measles
1,442, Scabies 1,301 and Whooping Cough 108.

Table: BACTERIOLOGY. During the year the following 832 bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—

BACTERIOLOGY. During the year the following 832 bacteriological examinations were made on behalf of the Council:—

Specimen.Positive.Negative.Total .
Swab for or suspected cases of Diphtheria5731736
Blood for suspected cases of Typhoid or Paratyphoid Fever11
Miscellaneous247195
29803832

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The miscellaneous specimens consisted of 35 swabs for
haemolytic streptococci and 60 faeces.