Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]
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| Notifiable disease | Number of Cases Notified | Total cases notified in each Ward | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 & unuer 5 Years | 5 & under 15 Year* | 15 & under 25 Years | 25 $ under 45 Years | 45 & unde 65 Years | 65 and upwards | 8th | Centre | North | ||||||
| Ward 1 | Ward 2 | Ward 3 | Ward 4 | Ward 5 | Ward 6 | Ward 7 | ||||||||||
| Smallpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Cholera (C) Plague (P) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 368 | 4 | 66 | 235 | 38 | 22 | 2 | 1 | 80 | 54 | 30 | 30 | 69 | 70 | 35 | 366 |
| Erysipelas | 41 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 11 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 7 | 22 |
| Scarlct Fever | 312 | 2 | 16 | 184 | 32 | 17 | 1 | .. | 41 | 57 | 32 | 2 | 46 | 107 | 20 | 296 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 11 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | ||
| Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Puerperal Fever | 7 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | 6 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 22 | .. | .. | .. | 7 | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 16 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Polio-myelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 4 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 16 | 16 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 9 |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Pneumonia | 145 | 5 | 14 | 18 | 19 | 63 | 28 | 8 | 24 | 21 | 30 | 6 | 20 | 28 | 16 | 80 |
| Malaria | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. |
| Dysentery | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 |
| Trench Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Totals | 931 | 30 | 162 | 441 | 104 | 128 | 61 | 15 | 168 | 142 | 110 | 56 | 153 | 231 | 81 | 812 |
| Tuberculosis. | ||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 226 | .. | 4 | 11 | 46 | 104 | 52 | 9 | 28 | 48 | 35 | 13 | 24 | 50 | 28 | |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 51 | .. | 6 | 20 | 14 | 9 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 12 | 12 | |||
| Totals | 279 | .. | 10 | 31 | 60 | 13 | 55 [ | 10 | 33 | 54 | 40 | 18 | 32 | 62 | 40 | |
Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases-The
total number of deaths of residents registered from the seven
principal zymotic diseases was 46 against 80 in the previous
year. The deaths of residents last year from these diseases
were equal to 27 per 1,000 of the total deaths of residents
registered and were at the rate of 0.3 deaths per 1,000
persons, living.
The following table shows the deaths of residents registered
from the seven principal zymotic diseases which occurred in
the ten years, 1918 to 1927:—