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Hammersmith 1927

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

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Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the year 1927. TABLE IV.

Notifiable diseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedTotal cases notified in each WardTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
At all AgesUnder 11 & unuer 5 Years5 & under 15 Year*15 & under 25 Years25 $ under 45 Years45 & unde 65 Years65 and upwards8thCentreNorth
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
Smallpox................................
Cholera (C) Plague (P)................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)36846623538222180543030697035366
Erysipelas412213111665344711722
Scarlct Fever31221618432171..41573224610720296
Typhus Fever................................
Enteric Fever11....2333..2..4..14..11
Relapsing Fever (R) Continued Fever (C)................................
Puerperal Fever7......26....21..112..6
Puerperal Pyrexia22......715....122465216
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..............................
Polio-myelitis..............................
Encephalitis Lethargica4..21....1......2..11..3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1616............3242..219
Anthrax................................
Pneumonia145514181963288242130620281680
Malaria2..................1....1....
Dysentery312............21........3
Trench Fever................................
Totals9313016244110412861151681421105615323181812
Tuberculosis.
Pulmonary Tuberculosis226..4114610452928483513245028
Other forms of Tuberculosis51..620149316e5581212
Totals279..1031601355 [1033544018326240

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:—