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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 1924
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1924
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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1924.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | 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 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 188 | 3 | 67 | 77 | 22 | 15 | 4 | ... | 27 | 45 | 35 | 19 | 34 | 5 | 4 | 15 | 4 | 183 |
| Erysipelas | 59 | ... | 2 | 4 | 6 | 15 | 22 | 10 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 12 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 27 |
| Scarlet fever | 281 | 7 | 99 | 125 | 31 | 16 | 3 | ... | 04 | 70 | 87 | 18 | 17 | 20 | 22 | 29 | 4 | 265 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 29 | ... | 7 | 7 | 10 | 5 | ... | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 24 | |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 5 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 21 | ... | 2 | 6 | 4 | 6 | 3 | ... | 2 | 5 | 8 | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 13 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 |
| Poliomyelitis and Polio- Encephalitis | 10 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 236 | ... | 2 | 16 | 55 | 112 | 48 | 3 | 30 | 40 | 58 | 36 | 24 | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | 112 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 78 | 2 | 11 | 38 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 25 | 17 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 36 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 4 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 7 |
| Primary Pneumonia | 101 | ... | 15 | 19 | 8 | 25 | 16 | 18 | 18 | 35 | 14 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 40 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 56 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 3 | 20 | 5 | 3 | 15 | 22 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | ... | 14 |
| Malaria | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| *Enteritis | 40 | 17 | 23 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 19 | 13 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 |
| Totals | 1127 | 50 | 243 | 300 | 153 | 231 | 114 | 36 | 195 | 286 | 206 | 116 | 108 | 52 | 59 | 71 | 34 | 745 |
"Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.