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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 1926

The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926

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Table: TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1926.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1926.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber 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......................................................
Cholera......................................................
Dysentery......................................................
Plague...••................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)43041212094342747312510233152223289422
Erysipelas691355163451919663545225
Scarlet fever298210214526167...55756220261513257276
Typhus fever1......1............1........................1
Enteric fever30...1851321...1933273221
Continued fever.......................................................
Puerperal fever9.........36.........3112...11...8
‡Puerperal pyrexia Encephalitis11.........65......4131......11...9
Lethargica1011122211132......2...19
Cerebro-spinal meningitis422..................13..................2
Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis42...11...............1111.........4
Pulmonary Tuberculosis24811116410955740504641152112158146
Other forms of Tuberculosis69217291173...10191385437• ••38
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1515• • •...• ••.........11141214• ••8
Primary Pneumonia107325311218108154725131121242
Influenzal Pneumonia383534887422531...11111
Malaria2......1.........1......1............1...1
*Enteritis975641...............938413122...132
Totals1442923194451822421283423240332213974757292331056

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‡ Notifiable since October lit, 1926.
* Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.