London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE 2
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1950 Age Groups in Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over | age unknown | |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 7 | 22 | 18 | 5 | 2 | — | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | ||
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 14 | — | |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 3 | 5 | — | 3 | 3 | 49 | 2 | |
| Dysentery | — | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | 5 | — | |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 15 | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 2 | 3 | 12 | 7 | 7 | 58 | 189 | — |
| Measles | 26 | 179 | 186 | 260 | 11 | 10 | 23 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 40 | 11 | 12 | _ | — | — | — | |
| Pood poisoning | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 12 | — | |
| Scabies | — | 8 | 6 | 8 | 9 | 13 | 27 | 1 |
| Whooping cough | 33 | 103 | 88 | 85 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 |
| TOTALS | 125 | 325 | 330 | 420 | 56 | 104 | 350 | 6 |
TABLE 3
| Scarlet fever | 24 | 9 | 19 | 13 | 11 | 9 | 2 | 11 | 2 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Enteric fever | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 2 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 17 | 18 | 6 | 14 | 2 | 1 | 7 | — | |
| Dysentery | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 5 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | — | 3 | 3 | |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | ||
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 50 | 38 | 18 | 36 | 30 | 40 | 22 | 27 | 17 |
| Measles | 165 | 141 | 109 | 56 | 28 | 66 | 13 | ||
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Enteritis | 17 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — |
| Pood poisoning | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 2 |
| Scabies | 16 | 9 | 13 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 6 |
| Whooping cough | 53 | 61 | 28 | 23 | 2 | 43 | 5 | ||