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City of London 1934

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1934

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1934

NUMBER OF ACTUAL CASES NOTIFIED
DISEASESAt Ages—YearsNo of Cases Removed to Hospital *
At all agesUnder 1 yearl year and under 2 years2 years and under 3 years3 years and under 4 years4 years and under 5 years6 years and under 10 years10 years and under 15 years16 years and under 20 years20 years and under 35 years35 years and under 45 years45 years and under 65 years65 years and over
Small-pox..........................................
Cholera..........................................
Plague..........................................
Diphtheria15...1...1...4...l6ll...15
Erysipelas6...........................33...4
Scarlet Fever38l122l...104413......34
Typhus „..........................................
Enteric „ (including Para-typhoid)..........................................
Relapsing „..........................................
Continued „..........................................
Puerperal „..........................................
Puerperal Pyrexia..........................................
Polio-myelitis1............l.....................1
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1.....................1............1
Pulmonary Tuberculosis25..................l41333l25
Other forms of Tuberculosis..........................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum..........................................
Measles5822162313731......21
Rubella..........................................
Chicken-pox52212242512211......2
Malaria (contracted abroad)..........................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia2.....................11.........2
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia1...........................1......1
Encephalitis Lethargica..........................................
Amoebic Dysentery..........................................
Food Poisoning..........................................
Totals199555118602620282371106
* LCC Hospitals, London Fever Hospital, St Bartholomew's Hospital, City Police Hospital, Sanatoria, &c.