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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 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith]
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Diarrhœa.—Forty-five deaths were registered
from diarrhoea against a quinquennial average of
58. Of these 27 were of children under one year
of age.
Influenza.—Eleven deaths were attributed to
influenza against 14 in 1916.
DEATHS OCCURRING OUTSIDE THE BOROUGH
AMONG PERSONS BELONGING THERETO.
The deaths of Hammersmith residents in public institutions and elsewhere outside the borough num-bered 618, and occurred in the following institutions
| Fever Hospitals | 22 |
| General and Special Hospitals | 95 |
| Asylums | 79 |
| Poor Law Institutions | 382 |
| In Private Houses and elsewhere | 40 |
| Total | 618 |
GENERAL SANITARY ADMINISTRATION.
Disinfection.—9,686 articles of bedding, clothing,
&c., were disinfected at the Council's Disinfecting
Station. 1,645 rooms were disinfected after infectious
illness.
Public Mortuary.—194 bodies were removed to
the mortuary at Fulham Palace Road, 106 by order of
the Coroner, 61 from the West London Hospital, and
27 for convenience for burial.
Bacteriological Examinations.—The following bacteriological
examinations were made on behalf of the
Council at the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine.
| Number of Specimens. | |
|---|---|
| True Diphtheria bacillus isolated | 10 |
| Negative result | 15 |
| — 25 |