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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 1912

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith, Metropolitan Borough of]

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18
was treated at the home of the patient and 2 at the
West London Hospital. Two deaths were registered,
one patient, however, was a non-parishioner, the
mortality rate being 66.6 per cent.
GLANDERS.
No case was reported as due to glanders, against
no case in the previous year.
ANTHRAX.
No case was reported as due to anthrax, against
no case in the previous year.
HYDROPHOBIA.
No case was reported as due to hydrophobia last
year, against no case in the previous year.
OPHTHALMIA NEONATORUM.
Seventeen cases were reported as due to ophthalmia
neonatorum, against 18 cases in the previous year.
The cases reported last year were treated: 16 at the
homes of the patients and 1 at Queen Charlotte's
Hospital, Marylebone Road.
ACUTE POLIO-MYELITIS.
One case was reported as due to polio-myelitis,
against 1 case in the previous year. The case reported
was treated at the West London Hospital.