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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES (A) Cases notified during the year 1949.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Age Periods. | ||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera, Plague, Typhus, Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 42 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 | — | 5 | 9 | 9 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 6 |
| Scarlet Fever | 180 | 2 | 7 | 15 | 20 | 16 | 93 | 22 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 10 | 4 | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 62 | 2 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 1 | — | — |
| Polioencephalitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 50 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | — | 9 | 1 | 12 | 7 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 16 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 11 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Measles | 867 | 32 | 138 | 137 | 119 | 129 | 290 | 4 | 8 | 6 | 2 | 2 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 244 | 21 | 50 | 34 | 36 | 37 | 61 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Scabies | 138 | — | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 53 | 16 | 12 | 6 |
| Totals | 1,660 | 68 | 218 | 207 | 193 | 196 | 492 | 50 | 32 | 103 | 42 | 39 | 20 |