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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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Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis) during the Year 1945.
| DISEASE. | Total cases notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diptheria | 46 | 45 | |
| Erysipelas | 20 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 98 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | 26 | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 23 | 23 | |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 9 | 9 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | |
| Opthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | — | |
| Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Influenzal) | 49 | _ | |
| Dysentery | 143 | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | 4 | |
| Malaria | 5 | 3 | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | ||
| 131 | 1 | ||
| 83 | 29 | 3 | |
| 1,245 | — | — | |
| Totals | 2,922 | 511 |
*This is not total brought to notice of Department.
†Deaths from all forms of Pneumonia.
DIPHTHERIA IMMUNISATION.
The immunisation of children at the Borough Welfare
Centres and by L.C.C. doctors at the Schools continued
during 1945.
The following are the particulars of the work carried out
under the immunisation scheme during the year:—
Number of children immunised at the Council's
Welfare Centres 1,3'20
Number of children immunised at schools by L.C.C. 231
Number of children immunised by local medical
practitioners 31
Number of Schick Tests—positive result 1
Number of Schick Tests—negative result 61
Fees paid to Medical Practitioners £8 17s. 0d.