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Kensington 1950

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

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38
Notifications
The following tables show (1) the number of cases of
infectious disease notified during the year 1950, with comparative
figures for the previous seven years; (2) the
number of notifications divided into age groups; and (3)
the number of cases notified in each ward of the borough.

Table: TABLE 1

TABLE 1

Notifiable diseaseNumber of cases notified
19501949194819471946194519441943
Scarlet fever100114949819513674216
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)22122337192954
Enteric fever127446333
Puerperal fever Ø———3471810
Pueperal Pyrexia18332598122325
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia691211421031118191133
Dysentery183314521491424373
Erysipelas1715243437331637
Meningococcal infection5847103611
Malaria2—2481181
Acute poliomyelitis -
Paralytic7479211311
Non-paralytic6
Encephalitis lethargica—1—2—1——
Tuberculosis (all forms)278266258259210188211202
Measles696740868852264868102624
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1257448411
Enteritis †638864102691007169
Pood poisoning23331177674
Scabies /72106141239463460363252
Whooping cough31630426427 420962189102

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Ø Puerperal Pyrexia only notifiable in London
since 1948.
+ Notifiable only in children under the age of 5.
/ Notifiable as from 1st August, 1943.
NOTE: Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from
above table.