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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Diseases | Notifications | Total Cases Notified | Case s Removed to Hospital | Deaths | Corrected Figures | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0 -1 year | 1 -2 year | 2 -5 years | 5 -15 years | lf-25 years | 25-45 years | 45-65 years | 6 51" years | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | 3 | 17 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 1 | _ | 56 | 12 | - | 55 |
| Whooping Cough | 26 | 20 | 89 | 80 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 219 | 30 | - | 219 |
| A. Poliomye1itis (Par.) | - | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 1 | - | _ | 14 | 14 | - | 3 |
| " " (N.Par). | - | . | . | 2 | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | _ |
| Measles | 11 | 20 | 56 | 70 | 4 | 4 | - | . | 165 | 13 | - | 165 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | _ |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 3 | 14 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 15 | 66 | 26 | 72 | 66 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 19 | 43 | 46 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 143 | 48 | - | 138 |
| Acute Encephalitis (Inf.) | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 | - | 4 | 4 | _ | 2 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ |
| Paratyphois Fever | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 4 | 4 | - | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 11 | 3 | _ | 11 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 4 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | - | 14 | 14 | 1 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 33 | 6 | - | 28 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | 140 | 152 | - | - | 292* | _ | - | 292 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | .. | 2 | - | _ | 2 |
| Ma1aria | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 2 |
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 12 | 14 | 8 | 1 | 43 | 1 | - | 43 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | - | . | 3 | 5 | 38 | 62 | 33 | 15 | 156 | 31 | 17 | 156 |
| " (Non Pulmonary) | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 9 | |
| TOTALS | 60 | 76 | 235 | 260 | 222 | 266 | 75 | 43 | 1237 | 211 | 90 | 1201 |
* Of this total only 79 cases related to persons residing in the Borough.