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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 1971
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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TABLE OF NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES SINCE 1965.
| DISEASE | TOTALS NOTIFIED IN: | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1965 | 1966 | 1967 | 1968 | 1969 | 1970 | 1971 | |
| ANTHRAX | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — |
| CHOLERA | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| DIPHTHERIA | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 |
| DYSENTERY | 94 | 258 | 75 | 62 | 130 | 74 | 138 |
| ENCEPHALITIS, ACUTE INFECTIVE | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| POST-INFECTIVE | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| ERYSIPELAS | 6 | 10 | 9 | - | - | - | - |
| FOOD POISONING | 25 | 29 | 34 | 35 | 107 | 86 | 93 |
| INFECTIVE JAUNDICE | - | - | - | 35 | 57 | 80 | 63 |
| LEPROSY | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| LEPTOSPIROSIS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| MALARIA | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 7 |
| MEASLES | 1,907 | 1,233 | 1,075 | 496 | 410 | 624 | 283 |
| MENINGITIS, ACUTE | 7 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 15 |
| OPTHALMIA NEONATORUM | 2 | 5 | - | 6 | - | - | 3 |
| PARATYPHOID FEVER | - | - | 1 | 6 | - | - | - |
| PLAGUE | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| PNEUMONIA | 24 | 8 | 7 | 7 | - | - | — |
| POLIOMYELITIS, ACUTE PARALYTIC | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| " " NON-PARALYTIC | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| PUERPERAL PYREXIA | 65 | 50 | 24 | 23 | - | - | - |
| RELAPSING FEVER | - | - | - | - | - | — | — |
| SCABIES | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| SCARLET FEVER | 43 | 29 | 38 | 77 | 31 | 24 | 29 |
| SMALLPOX | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TETANUS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| TUBERCULOSIS, PULMONARY | 116 | 89 | 91 | 90 | 92 | 76 | 73 |
| " NON-PULMONARY | 33 | 19 | 12 | 16 | 29 | 17 | 21 |
| TYPHOID FEVER | - | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 |
| TYPHUS | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| WHOOPING COUGH | 49 | 122 | 126 | 87 | 15 | 60 | 51 |
| YELLOW FEVER | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 2,381 | 1,856 | 1,504 | 954 | 882 | 1,057 | 780 |