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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 1957
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Diseases | Notifications | Total Cases Notified | Cases Removed to Hospital | 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 | - | 1 | 10 | 29 | 1 | - | _ | - | 41 | 11 | - | 38 |
| Whooping cough | 18 | 15 | 50 | 50 | - | - | - | - | 133 | 13 | - | 131 |
| A. Poliomyelitis (Par) | - | 2 | 11 | 13 | 3 | 4 | - | - | 33 | 33 | 11 | |
| " " " (N.Par.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Measles | 45 | 116 | 50 2 | 594 | 6 | 3 | 1 | - | 1267 | 41 | - | 1267 |
| Diptheria | 2 | 2 | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 10 | 1 | 1 | |
| Pneumonia | 7 | 3 | 15 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 32 | 20 | 96 | 17 | 58 | 93 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 18 | 39 | 50 | 2 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 145 | 22 | - | 137 |
| A Encephalitis (Inf) | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | • | - | - | 3 | 3 | - | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 17 | 9 | - | 16 |
| Meningococcal Infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Food Poisoning | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 11 | 14 | 3 | 51 | 18 | - | 49 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | - | 4 | |
| Scabies | - | - | 5 | 9 | 12 | 14 | 6 | 4 | 50 | - | - | 50 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 89 | 139 | - | - | 228 | 3 | - | 2271 | |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 1 | 1 | 6 | 28 | 58 | 25 | 7 | 126 | 27 | 8 | 126 | |
| " " (Non Pulmonary) | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 16 | 7 | 1 | 16 | |
| Totals | 93 | 158 | 637 | 77 2 | 156 | 271 | 97 | 40 | 2224 | 217 | 68 | 2171 |
* Of this total only 87 cases related to persons residing in the Borough