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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 1919

Annual report (abridged) of the Medical Officer of Health 1919

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Table: TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1919.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1919.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each WardTotal Cases Removed to Hospital.
At allAges.At Ages.—Years.St. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-Pox......................................................
Cholera......................................................
Plague......................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)2741661403626324161693223189165258
Erysipelas7932772127121511144478881
Scarlet fever2601481622817449395245151952412210
Typhus fever......................................................
Enteric fever16......2274111133212213
Continued fever......................................................
Relapsing fever...................................................
Puerperal fever11191233......212
Anthrax......................................................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis6182............1...4...1............6
Poliomyelitis211..................2.....................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis4891810211519365593121101563226152718249
Other forms of Tuberculosis933165312621112923114516342
Ophthalmia Neonatorum3131................ . .888321......19
Measles6723728029038261...1501589892592232313046
German Measles154...266130343...1271417251619261814
Pneumonia2456183237963521353140322329919273
Malaria63......144361011126663271
Dysentery6......1...5......11...1...111......
Totals24018446885332048315142429481441302197154104162131854