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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Notifiable Disease. | Number of 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 | 29 | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 4 | — |
| Erysipelas | 25 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | 3 | 12 | 4 |
| Scarlet Fever | 141 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 17 | 13 | 59 | 17 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 17 | 2 | — | — |
| Cerebro–Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 10 | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 70 | 8 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 5 | — | 4 | 3 | 4 | 12 | 9 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 30 | 1 | — | 4 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 6 | — |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 905 | 46 | 154 | 119 | 135 | 117 | 303 | 10 | 5 | 14 | 2 | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 429 | 41 | 84 | 75 | 51 | 51 | 122 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Scabies | 260 | 6 | 6 | 15 | 7 | 8 | 27 | 25 | 13 | 86 | 31 | 27 | 9 |
| Totals | 1,933 | 117 | 267 | 233 | 219 | 192 | 526 | 60 | 36 | 144 | 53 | 64 | 22 |