Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1925
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TABLE II. Caese of Infectious Diseases notified during the Year, 1925.
Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removedto Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
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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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Dysentery | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 298 | 9 | 93 | 180 | 44 | 17 | 5 | ... | 54 | 91 | 58 | 22 | 20 | 14 | 7 | 27 | 5 | 285 |
Erysipelas | 53 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 18 | 18 | 5 | 8 | 16 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 23 |
Scarlet fever | 265 | 6 | 83 | 125 | 33 | 16 | 2 | ... | 82 | 45 | 31 | 33 | 26 | 25 | 10 | 9 | 4 | 239 |
Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Enteric fever | 29 | ... | 2 | 4 | 9 | 8 | 6 | ... | 5 | ... | 1 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 12 |
Continued fever | ...... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Puerperal fever | 5 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | 4 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 15 | ... | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | ... | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 4 | ... | 11 |
Cerebro-Spinal Menin-gitis | 10 | 3 | 3 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 10 |
Poliomyelitis and Polio-encephalitis | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 235 | ... | 1 | 8 | 71 | 106 | 42 | 7 | 41 | 42 | 49 | 27 | 24 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 8 | 150 |
Other forms of Tuber-culosis | 57 | 1 | 15 | 20 | 7 | 12 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 14 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 1 | ... | 4 | 1 | 33 |
Ophthalmia Neona-torum | 14 | 14 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 7 |
Primary Pneumonia | 102 | 4 | 10 | 15 | 15 | 31 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 31 | 14 | 19 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 53 |
Influenzal Pneumonia | 36 | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 18 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | 1 | 6 |
Malaria | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
*Enteritis | 122 | 71 | 51 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 17 | 21 | 62 | 17 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 34 |
Totals | 1245 | 114 | 272 | 314 | 196 | 226 | 97 | 26 | 242 | 289 | 254 | 142 | 92 | 69 | 48 | 82 | 27 | 867 |
* Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.