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Hammersmith 1963
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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PART II
EPIDEMIOLOGY
Notification of Infectious Diseases
1,399 cases of infectious diseases were notified during the year including 96
cases removed to hospital.
These figures show an increase on the previous year of 816 cases. This is largely due to the fact that there were many more cases of Measles. Whooping Cough and Pneumonia showed an increase. There was, however, a slight fall in the number of cases of Puerperal Pyrexia, Scarlet Fever and Food Poisoning. Full details are given under age groups in the following table:—
| Diseases | Notifications | Total cases notified | Cases removed to Hospital | Deaths | Corrected Figures1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 19 | 3 | — | 19 |
| Whooping Cough | 12 | 14 | 27 | 23 | — | — | — | — | 76 | 4 | — | 76 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Par.) | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| ,, ,, (Non-Par.) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 46 | 129 | 428 | 388 | 7 | 5 | 1 | — | 1004 | 21 | — | 1004 |
| Diphtheria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 8 | 37 | 17 | — | 37 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 6 | 13 | 15 | 6 | 4 | 1 | — | 48 | 5 | — | 48 |
| Encephalitis (P.I.) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | — | 5 |
| Meningococcal Infection | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Food Poisoning | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 13 | 1 | — | 13 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 29 | 55 | — | — | 84 | 1 | — | §84 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | ‡5 |
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scabies | 1 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 13 | 4 | 2 | — | 31 | 2 | — | 31 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | — | — | 1 | 4 | 14 | 23 | 11 | 6 | 59 | 28 | — | 59 |
| „ (Non—Pulmonary) | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 14 | 11 | — | 14 |
| Totals | 70 | 156 | 484 | 453 | 78 | 106 | 37 | 15 | 1399 | 96 | — | 1398 |
| § Of this total only 26 related to patients residing in the Borough. ‡ ,, ,, ,, 2 „ „ „ „ „ „ „ | ||||||||||||