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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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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(A) INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Diseases | Notifications | TotalCases Notified | Cases Removed toHospital | Deaths | Corrected Figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0—1year | 1—2years | 2—5 years | 5—15years | 15—25years | 25—45years | 45—65 years | 65 +years | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | - | 2 | 18 | 48 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 72 | 12 | - | 69 |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 14 | 60 | 68 | 2 | 1 | - | — | 175 | 29 | - | 171 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Par.) | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | — | - | — | 6 | 6 | - | 1 |
| „ „ (Non-Par.) | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | - | — |
| Measles | 12 | 13 | 47 | 77 | 1 | - | - | - | 150 | 3 | - | 150 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 6 | - | — |
| Pneumonia | 4 | 2 | 5 | 9 | 1 | 24 | 17 | 11 | 73 | 12 | 38 | 73 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 4 | 12 | 46 | 4 | 14 | 4 | 1 | 91 | 27 | - | 84 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Inf.) | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | - | 5 | 5 | — | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | - | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 7 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 6 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Food Poisoning | — | 4 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - | 24 | 7 | — | 19 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 112 | 179 | — | — | 291 | — | — | 291° |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 3 | — | — | 3 |
| Malaria | - | - | — | - | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Scabies | - | 1 | 1 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 1 | 62 | — | — | 62 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 2 | 1 | 1 | 6 | 32 | 76 | 35 | 14 | 167 | 37 | 18 | 167 |
| „ (Non-Pulmonary) | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 1 | — | 13 | 11 | 3 | 13 |
| Totals | 53 | 42 | 157 | 283 | 185 | 331 | 75 | 29 | 1,155 | 167 | 61 | 1,116 |
Of this total only 54 cases related to persons residing in the Borough.