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Chelsea 1934
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1934
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TABLE No. 40
| Cases notified in Chelsea. | Cases notified in each Ward. | Removed to various Hospitals. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1 Year. | 1-5 Years. | 5-15 Years. | 15-25 Years. | 25-45 Years. | 45-65 Years. | 65 and upwards. | Stanley | Cheyne | Church | Hans Town | Royal Hospital | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | __ | __ | — |
| Chicken-pox | 98 | 12 | 38 | 36 | 10 | 1 | 1 | _ | 44 | 8 | 38 | 7 | i | 37 |
| Cholera | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | —- |
| Diphtheria | 147 | 1 | 48 | 57 | 29 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 56 | 23 | 44 | 16 | 9 | 140 |
| Erysipelas | 39 | 1 | 3 | _ | 4 | 9 | 15 | 7 | 22 | — | 8 | 3 | 6 | 29 |
| Scarlet Fever | 193 | 2 | 45 | 107 | 19 | 17 | 3 | _ | 112 | 35 | 26 | 11 | 9 | 186 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 3 | — | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 2 | _ | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | _ | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 8 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-encephalitis | 1 | — | _ | 1 | — | _ | _ | _ | 1 | — | —. | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | 1 | _ | _ | _ | — | _ | 1 | _ | — | — | — | —• | 1 | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | — | _ | _ | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 97 | 14 | 26 | 8 | 7 | 18 | 18 | 6 | 50 | 16 | 18 | 8 | 5 | 86 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 8 | — | 2 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| Total | 601 | 31 | 162 | 209 | 74 | 65 | 44 | 16 | 297 | 86 | 137 | 48 | 33 | 499 |
| Tuberculosis:— | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 85 | — | 1 | 7 | 12 | 32 | 26 | 7 | 31 | 18 | 14 | 12 | 10 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | 19 | — | 1 | 12 | 1 | 5 | — | — | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | |
| Totals (Tuberculosis) | 104 | — | 2 | 19 | 13 | 37 | 26 | 7 | 41 | 19 | 17 | 14 | 13 | |
| Totals | 705 | 31 | 164 | 228 | 87 | 102 | 70 | 23 | 338 | 105 | 154 | 62 | 46 | |
No cases of Small-pox, Cholera, Typhus Fever, Encephalitis Lethargica,
Poliomyelitis, Continued Fever, Relapsing Fever, Plague, Dysentery,
Anthrax, Glanders or Hydrophobia were notified during the year.
DIPHTHERIA.
Notifications.—During the year 147 cases of diphtheria were notified,
as compared with 91 in the previous year. The incidence of the disease
during the past two years is shown in Table No. 41.
Deaths.—Ten deaths from the disease occurred during the year.
Of this number, four were under the age of 5 years, five between the
ages of 5-10 years, and one was an adult, aged 35 years.