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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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(A) INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Diseases | Notifications | Total Cases Notified | Cases Removed toHospital | Deaths | Corrected Figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—1 year | 1—2 years | 2—5 years | 5—15 years | 15—25 years | 25—45 years | 45—65 years | 65 + years | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | — | 7 | 35 | 75 | — | 5 | — | — | 122 | 32 | — | 117 |
| Whooping Cough | 61 | 160 | 143 | 123 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 492 | 71 | 1 | 489 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Par.) | 1 | — | 8 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 19 | 19 | — | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Non. Par.) | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Measles | 66 | 371 | 1,099 | 25 | 10 | 11 | — | 1 | 1,583 | 44 | — | 1,581 1 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | 3 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 14 | 14 | — | |
| Acute Pneumonia | 5 | 5 | 25 | 12 | 5 | 18 | 27 | 16 | 113 | 4 | 88 | 112 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 7 | 28 | 31 | 4 | 16 | 5 | 3 | 98 | 52 | — | 88 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Inf.) | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 8 | 5 | 19 | 5 | — | 19 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | 1 | 3 | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 13 | 13 | 3 | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | 9 | 10 | 3 | 8 | 4 | — | 34 | 5 | — | 32 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 13 | 17 | — | — | 30 | 2 | 29 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 3 |
| Scabies | — | — | 4 | 20 | 9 | 16 | 6 | 1 | 56 | — | — | 56 |
| 140 | 551 | 1,360 | 317 | 52 | 104 | 54 | 28 | 2,606 | 274 | 92 | 2,539 | |