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Hammersmith 1925

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]

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TABLE IV.

Cases of Infectious Disease notified duringthe year192S.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases NotifiedTotal cases notified in each WardTotal Cases Removed to Hospital
At all AgesUnder 11 & under 5 Years5& under 15 Year*10 & under 25 ears25 & under 45 Years40& under 65 Years65 & and upwards
5thCentreNorth
Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6Ward 7
Smallpox................................
Cholera(C) Plague(P)..............................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)208572962015....35361711206821205
Erysipelas47133131986742912726
Scarlet Fever290597156248....55404724415825274
Typhus Fever................................
Enteric Fever91..1133....1....35..8
Relapsing Fever (R)
Continued Fever (C)
Puerperal Fever15......312....522231..13
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis1....1..................1..1
Polio-myelitis2..11..................11..
Encephalitis Lethargica9....1233..113..13..3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2121............45214414
Pulmonary Tuberculosis220..266710137730413615374318..
Other forms of Tuberculosis45..61413112..261051093..
Anthrax............................
Pneumonia1424222023372214164115122824651
Malaria..............................
Dysentery1........1....1............1
Trench Fever..........................
Totals10103620029915620486291551801367215622982-

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.