Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
This page requires JavaScript
City of Westminster——Infectious Diseases, Distributed in each Ward—
Notifiable Diseases. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Knightsbridge St— Gerge. | Victoria. | St— Margaret. | St— John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Co vent Garden. | Strand. | St— Anne. | Homeless.s |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Cholera (C)— Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Diphtheria | — | 7 | 7 | 56 | 12 | 132 | — | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | — | 1 | 1 |
Erysipelas | — | — | — | 14 | 1 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | |
Scarlet fever | 2 | 8 | 14 | 54 | 8 | 109 | 2 | — | 10 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | — |
Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric fever | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Puerperal fever | — | — | — | 6 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Polio-myelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
Encephalitis lethargica | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 10 | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Pneumonia | 2 | 6 | 7 | 25 | 3 | 37 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — |
Malaria | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Trench fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Totals | 4 | 28 | 35 | 171 | 31 | 302 | 8 | 6 | 18 | 14 | 4 | 23 | 3 | 6 | 1 |