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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 1942
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASE
The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified, the number of cases in North and South Kensington respectively, and the number admitted to hospital in 1942:-
| Notifiable disease | Number of Gases | Total | Gases admitted to hospital. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kensington.. | South Ken sington. | |||
| Scarlet fever | 80 | 28 | 108 | 103 |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | 50 | 28 | 78 | 78 |
| Enteric fever | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | 1 | 7 | 7 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 3 | 4 | 7 | 7 |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 60 | 22 | 91 | 69 |
| Dysentery | 56 | 12 | 68 | 61 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | 14 | 30 | 19 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 7 | 10 | 17 | 15 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | |
| All forms of tuberculosis | 118 | 85 | 203 | 152 |
| Measles | 294 | 71 | 365 | 78 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Whooping cough | 111 | 35 | 146 | 48 |
| +Enteritis (diarrhoea) | 84 | 12 | 96 | 87 |
| Food Poisoning | 5 | 3 | 8 | 4 |
| øAcute rheumatism | 5 | 1 | 6 | 5 |
+ Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.
ø„ „ „ „ „ „ „ „ 16 years.
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table.
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