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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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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1945.
| Notifiable Disease. | Ntjmbek of Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Age Periods. | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Cholera, Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | |
| Diphtheria(including Membranous Croup) | 46 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 20 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 7 |
| Scarlet Fever | 182 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 13 | 40 | 59 | 26 | 7 | 7 | _ | 1 | _ |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 2 | 1 | _ | _ |
| Relapsing Fever, Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 26 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 21 | 3 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 19 | 4 | — | _ |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 4 | _ | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | _ | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | _ |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 49 | 5 | 5 | — | 3 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 7 | 8 | 14 |
| Malaria | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | 5 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 143 | 14 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 10 | 31 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 5 | 4 | 5 |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 4 | _ | 2 | 2 |
| Measles | 1,062 | 63 | 138 | 172 | 130 | 131 | 384 | 22 | 5 | 17 | _ | — | |
| Whooping Cough | 83 | 15 | 16 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 13 | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | — |
| Scabies | 1,245 | 26 | 32 | 42 | 35 | 42 | 163 | 127 | 142 | 384 | 126 | 96 | 30 |
| Totals | 2,922 | 145 | 234 | 262 | 206 | 234 | 668 | 192 | 166 | 487 | 151 | 119 | 58 |