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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 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (EXCLUDING
TUBERCULOSIS).
The number of notifications was reduced by 506 during
the year, and there was also a reduction in the nonnotifiable
infectious diseases of 84 cases. It should be
pointed out that German Measles, Chicken Pox and Mumps
are not notifiable by Statute.
There were, omitting tuberculosis, 2,046 cases reported
as due to notifiable infectious diseases in the Borough,
against 2,552 in the previous year. There were also
reported 415 cases of infectious diseases that were not
notified, against 499 in the previous year; 181 of these
were *Measles, 104 *Whooping Cough, 21 *Scabies and
109 Chickenpox.
*Totals (notified cases and cases reported from other sources)—Measles
1,099, Scabies 530 and Whooping Cough 409.
| Specimen. | Positive. | Negative. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Swabs for suspected cases of Diphtheria | – | 672 | 672 |
| Haemolytic Streptococci | 133 | 40 | 173 |
| Faeces | – | 26 | 26 |
| Vincents Organisms | 7 | 41 | 48 |
| Occult Blood | 1 | 2 | 3 |
| Lung Swabs (Post-mortem) | 3 | – | 3 |
| Intestinal Swabs (Post-mortem) | 1 | – | 1 |
| 145 | 781 | 926 |