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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 1965
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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Table 9
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Diseases | NOTIFICATIONS | Total cases notified | Cases Removed to Hospital | Deaths | Corrected Figures 1 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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 | 12 | 27 | 3 | - | _ | - | 43 | 7 | _ | 43 |
| Whooping Cough | 7 | 4 | 21 | 17 | - | - | - | - | 49 | 2 | - | 49 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis (Par.) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| " " (Non—Par.) | _ | _ | - | _ | _ | _ | - | - | — | — | - | — |
| Measles | 86 | 239 | 908 | 638 | 26 | 10 | - | - | 1907 | 35 | - | 1907 |
| Diphtheria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | — | - | 8 | 2 | 7 | - | 2 | 5 | 24 | 13 | - | 23 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 13 | 32 | 18 | 3 | 20 | - | - | 94 | 22 | - | 89 |
| Encephalitis (Ac.Inf.) | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Paratyphoid Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 6 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | - | — | - | 7 | 7 | 3 | 7 |
| Food Poisoning | - | _ | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 25 | 10 | - | 25 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | _ | - | 35 | 30 | - | - | 65 | 1 | - | 65# |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 |
| Smallpox | _ | - | _ | _ | -_ | _ | _ | — | — | - | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | -_ | _ | _ | 1 | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Scabies | _ | - | -_ | 2 | 4 | 2 | -_ | _ | 8 | _ | - | 81 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | - | - | 4 | 2 | 42 | 37 | 11 | 116 | 44 | 1 | 116 | |
| " (Non-Pulmonary) | - | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 6 | 6 | 33 | 19 | — | 33 |
| TOTALS | 104 | 259 | 994 | 716 | 108 | 122 | 52 | 26 | 2381 | 164 | 4 | 2383 |
# Of this total only 24 related to patients residing
in the Borough.
* To 31st March, 1965 only. Scabies ceased to be
notifiable after this date.