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Chelsea 1914

Annual report for 1914 of the Medical Officer of Health

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Table: TABLE XVI.—(II.) CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1914.

TABLE XVI.—(II.) CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1914.

Notifiable Disease.At all Ages.Number of Cases notified.Total Cases Notified in each Locality (e.g., Parish or Ward) of the DistrictTotal Cases removed to Hospital.
At Agest—Years.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.North Chelsea.South Chelsea.
Small-pox.................................
Cholera.................................
Plague.................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup)76...1537167...1383871
Erysipelas37...1...313146152210
Scarlet Fever281...491832821......148133253
Typhus Fever1............1......1...1
Enteric Fever23......31073...14917
Relapsing Fever.................................
Continued Fever.................................
Puerperal Fever8.........26......446
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis1............1......1...1
Poliomyelitis.................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum55..................23...
Pulmonary Tuberculosis (Primary)157...21325683613.........
Other forms of Tuberculosis (Primary)4911118784............
Totals638678254911325720223209359

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†These age columns for notifications should be filled up in all cases where the Medical Officer of
Health, by inquiry or otherwise, has obtained the necessary information.