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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 1944
[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 1944:-
| Notifiable disease | Number of Cases | Total | Cases admitted to hospital | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| North Kensington. | South Kensington. | |||
| Scarlet fever | 55 | 23 | 78 | 74 |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | 23 | 6 | 29 | 29 |
| Enteric fever | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 |
| Puerperal fever | 13 | 5 | 18 | 18 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 15 | 8 | 23 | 17 |
| Acute primary pnoumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 67 | 24 | 91 | 54 |
| Dysentery | 29 | 14 | 43 | 30 |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 7 | 16 | 9 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 |
| Malaria | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| All forma of tuber-oulosis | 126 | 85 | 164 | |
| Measles | 59 | 43 | 102 | 33 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 |
| Whooping cough | 158 | 31 | 189 | 50 |
| †Enteritis (diarrhoea) | 61 | 10 | 71 | 61 |
| Food poisoning | 7 | - | 2 | |
| ¢Acute rheumatism | 8 | 3 | 11 | 6 |
| =Scabies | 269 | 94 | 363 | - |
+ Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.
¤ 99 99 9 9 9 9 99 99 99 16 9 9
= Notifiable as from 1st August,1943.
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table.
Typhus Fever.
Owing to typhus fever being prevalent in other
countries and the consequent danger of the spread of infection
to this country, the Borough Council, with the