London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Number or Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At allAges. | Age Periods. | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera, Plague, Typhus, Anthrax | — | - | — | - | - | - | — | — | - | — | — | - | — |
| Diphtheria | 63 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 3 | - |
| Erysipelas | 26 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 4 | 15 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 174 | — | 10 | 11 | 19 | 10 | 61 | 39 | 13 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | 12 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 27 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 25 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Polio-myelitis | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 75 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 9 | 3 | — | 7 | 12 | 14 | 12 |
| Malaria | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 1 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 22 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | —- | 14 | l2 | 11 | 2 |
| Measles | 604 | 32 | 62 | 94 | 78 | 72 | 232 | 21 | 5 | 8 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 273 | 44 | 47 | 51 | 35 | 33 | 59 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Scabies | 1,209 | 24 | 33 | 43 | 41 | 28 | 136 | 100 | 102 | 464 | 124 | 87 | 27 |
| Totals | 2,552 | 117 | 164 | 212 | 179 | 149 | 521 | 176 | 163 | 523 | 168 | 133 | 47 |