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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 1953
[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—1year | 1—2 years | 2—5 years | 5—15 years | 15—25 years | 25—45 years | 45—65 years | 65 + years | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | _ | 4 | 31 | 78 | 2 | 2 | _ | — | 117 | 28 | _ | 106 |
| Whooping Cough | 56 | 54 | 190 | 155 | — | 3 | — | — | 458 | 42 | 1 | 447 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Par.) | — | 1 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 1 | — | 21 | 21 | 1 | 6 |
| „ (Non Par.) | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | •— | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
| Measles | 30 | 73 | 245 | 172 | 10 | 6 | 2 | — | 538 | 33 | — | 537 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 8 | 8 | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 6 | 3 | 20 | 11 | 4 | 17 | 18 | 22 | 101 | 17 | 76 | 101 |
| Dysentery | 6 | _ | 17 | 23 | 5 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 64 | 20 | — | 56 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Inf.) | _ | — | — | 2 | _ | — | — | - | 2 | 2 | — | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | _ | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 3 | 3 | _ | 3 |
| Erysipelas | _ | __ | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 17 | 3 | 23 | 8 | _ | 21 |
| Meningococcal Infection | _ | _ | 2 | 3 | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | 8 | 8 | _ | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 7 | 13 | 4 | - | 33 | 6 | _ | 31 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | _ | - | _ | - | 86 | 139 | _ | - | 225 | 2 | _ | *225 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 15 | - | _ | _ | - | - | - | - | 15 | _ | _ | 15 |
| Malaria | - | - | _ | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 2 | _ | 2 |
| Scabies | 1 | - | 2 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 6 | 5 | 41 | - | _ | 41 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | - | 1 | 7 | 19 | 38 | 69 | 50 | 14 | 198 | 49 | 31 | 198 |
| „ (Non-Pulmonary) | — | 1 | - | 5 | 7 | 2 | 2 | - | 17 | 11 | 2 | 17 |
| Totals | 115 | 138 | 522 | 491 | 179 | 280 | 107 | 46 | 1,878 | 124 | 1 12 | 1,812 |
° Of this total only 57 cases related to persons residing in the Borough.