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]
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TABLE IV.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified | Total cases notified in each Ward | Total Cases Removed to Hospital | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages | Under 1 | 1 & under 5 Years | 5& under 15 Year* | 10 & under 25 ears | 25 & under 45 Years | 40& under 65 Years | 65 & and upwards | |||||||||
| 5th | 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) | 208 | 5 | 72 | 96 | 20 | 15 | .. | .. | 35 | 36 | 17 | 11 | 20 | 68 | 21 | 205 |
| Erysipelas | 47 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 13 | 19 | 8 | 6 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 12 | 7 | 26 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 290 | 5 | 97 | 156 | 24 | 8 | .. | .. | 55 | 40 | 47 | 24 | 41 | 58 | 25 | 274 |
| Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
| Enteric Fever | 9 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 8 |
| Relapsing Fever (R) | ||||||||||||||||
| Continued Fever (C) | ||||||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 15 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 12 | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | .. | 13 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 21 | 21 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 4 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 220 | .. | 2 | 6 | 67 | 101 | 37 | 7 | 30 | 41 | 36 | 15 | 37 | 43 | 18 | .. |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 45 | .. | 6 | 14 | 13 | 11 | 2 | .. | 2 | 6 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 3 | .. |
| Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Pneumonia | 142 | 4 | 22 | 20 | 23 | 37 | 22 | 14 | 16 | 41 | 15 | 12 | 28 | 24 | 6 | 51 |
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
| Dysentery | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Trench Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
| Totals | 1010 | 36 | 200 | 299 | 156 | 204 | 86 | 29 | 155 | 180 | 136 | 72 | 156 | 229 | 82 | - |
Deaths from the Seven Principal Zymotic Diseases.—The
total number of deaths of residents registered from the seven
principal zymotic diseases was 91 against 88 in the previous
year. The deaths of residents last year from these diseases
were equal to 57 per 1,000 of the total deaths of residents
registered and were at the rate of 0.7 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, 1916 to 1925.