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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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The following Chart shows the number of Deaths from Measles per
100,000 inhabitants, 1906-1925.
Glanders.—No case was reported as due to Glanders, as
against no case in the previous year.
Measles and German Measles.—Six hundred and fifty-
eight cases of Measles and German Measles were notified
against thirteen hundred and sixty-one in the previous year.
Six hundred and thiry-four cases were treated at the
homes of the patients, and twenty-four in the Hospitals of
the Metropolitan Asylums Board. Six deaths were registered.
Whooping Cough.—Five hundred and seventy-three cases
of Whooping Cough were reported, against two hundred and
ninety-seven in the previous year.