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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

Kensington 1920

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

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Table: TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1920.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1920.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At allAges.At Ages.—Years.St. Charles.Golbome.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.1Queen's Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-Pox......................................................
Cholera......................................................
Plague..................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)339678183382851617461552218152211322
Erysipelas682...9718275111612106462125
Scarlet fever61758441360487...121119110646255245111538
Typhus fever......................................................
Enteric fever24......4992...2......15315713
Continued fever1...............1......1........................
Puerperal fever9............9......2...4...1......115
Encephalitis Lethargica5.........131.........1...2......112
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis521...1...1......1......12...1...4
Poliomyelitis2......11.................................21
Pulmonary Tuberculosis293...72656134591151546535292411168129
Other forms of Tuberculosis1143117012116119342887149439
Ophthalmia Neonatorum5353................1412119223......8
Primary Pneumonia1248361420241752427252112616275
Influenzal Pneumonia23122311222247311126
Malaria12.........210......162...1...2......3
Dysentery4...1......21.........2...11............
Totals1693802207222103071292530834632521015411768115501170