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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 1955
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Diseases | Notifications | Tot al Cases Notified | Cases Removed toHospital | Deaths | CorrectedFigures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | - | 2 | 28 | 57 | 2 | _ | _ | 89 | 20 | _ | 87 | |
| Whooping cough | 24 | 24 | 66 | 82 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 198 | 21 | - | 194 |
| A. Poliomyelitis (Par). | 5 | 4 | 9 | 21 | 10 | 5 | 1 | - | 55 | 55 | - | 17 |
| " " (N. Par). | - | - | 6 | 9 | 2 | 2 | - | - | 19 | 19 | - | 18 |
| Measles | 53 | 160 | 692 | 720 | 15 | 8 | 1 | - | 1,649 | 79 | - | 1,645 |
| Diptheria | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | - | 5 | 5 | - | - |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 4 | 21 | 18 | 3 | £6 | 24 | 21 | 114 | 23 | 65 | 113 |
| Dysentery | 2 | 8 | 15 | 35 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 1 | 88 | 29 | - | 80 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Inf). | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | . | - |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | - | - | . | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | . | - | 4 | 4 | _ | 4 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | 10 | - | - | 10 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 11 | 11 | 1 | 3 |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 9 | - | 23 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 103 | 113 | - | - | *216 | _ | - | 216 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | • | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | - | 3 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | _ | 4 | 4 | - | 3 |
| Scabies | 3 | 1 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 23 | 3 | - | 53 | - | _ | 53 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | - | - | - | 9 | 28 | 52 | 37 | 9 | 135 | 43 | 16 | 135 |
| " (Non-Pulmonary) | - | - | - | 1 | 6 | 7 | 1 | — | 15 | 12 | - | 15 |
| Totals | 100 | 206 | 847 | 969 | 196 | 251 | 90 | 36 | 2,695 | 335 | 82 | 2,619 |
* Of this total only 60 cases related to persons residing in the Borough .