Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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(B) NOTIFIABLE DISEASES (OTHER THAN TUBERCULOSIS) DURING THE YEAR 1949.
DISEASE. | Total cases notified. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Cases where diagnosis was not confirmed | Total deaths. |
---|---|---|---|---|
Diphtheria | 42 | 40 | 36 | — |
Erysipelas | 19 | 9 | — | — |
Scarlet Fever | 180 | 108 | 15 | — |
Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | — | — |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 16 | 16 | — | — |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — |
Pneumonia (Acute Primary and Influenzal) | 50 | 4 | — | †75 |
Dysentery | 16 | 11 | 7 | — |
Poliomyelitis | 62 | 61 | 23 | 2 |
Polioencephalitis | 2 | 2 | — | |
Malaria | 1 | — | — | — |
Food Poisoning | 11 | 4 | — | - |
*Measles | 867 | 50 | 1 | — |
*Whooping Cough | 244 | 34 | — | 1 |
*Scabies | 138 | — | — | — |
Totals | 1,660 | 348 | 88 | 79 |
* This is not total brought to notice of Department,
† Deaths from all forms of Pneumonia.
(C) BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Specimen. | Positive. | Negative. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|
Swabs for suspected cases of Diphtheria | 13 | 647 | 660 |
Haemolytic Streptococci | 143 | 40 | 183 |
Faeces | 5 | 15 | 20 |
Vincents Organisms | 3 | 10 | 13 |
Occult Blood | 2 | - | 2 |
Urine | — | 1 | 1 |
166 | 713 | 879 |