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Chelsea 1936
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1936
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TABLE No. 40 Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year.
| notified in Chelsea. | Cases notified in each Ward. | Removed to various Hospitals | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | Under 1 Year. | 1—2 Years. | 2—3 Years. | 3—4 Years. | 4—5 Years. | 5—10 Years. | 10—15 Years. | 15—20 Years. | 20—35 Years. | 35—45 Years. | 45—65 Years. | 65 and Upwards. | Stanley. | Cheyne. | Church. | Hans Town. | Royal Hospital. | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Chicken-pox | 165 | 3 | 7 | 11 | 11 | 13 | 76 | 34 | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | 66 | 24 | 62 | 6 | 7 | 12 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 72 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 33 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 2 | 1 | — | 30 | 13 | 19 | 5 | 5 | 67 |
| 40 | — | 1 | — | _ | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 4 | 6 | 19 | 8 | 16 | 4 | 18 | — | 2 | 28 | |
| Scarlet Fever | 154 | 3 | 1 | 12 | 11 | 19 | 66 | 8 | 11 | 12 | 9 | 2 | — | 100 | 15 | 22 | 4 | 13 | 149 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | —_ | — | _ | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 5 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | — | — | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | 4 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| AcutePrimary Pneumonia | 82 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 13 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 15 | 9 | 41 | 5 | 28 | 3 | 5 | 69 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Total | 548 | 19 | 16 | 30 | 32 | 37 | 193 | 53 | 30 | 53 | 25 | 41 | 19 | 266 | 64 | 162 | 21 | 35 | 352 |
| Tuberculosis:— | |||||||||||||||||||
| 88 | — | 1 | — | _ | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 41 | 12 | 26 | 2 | 35 | 12 | 33 | 4 | 4 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | |
| Totals (Tuberculosis) | 100 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 44 | 14 | 29 | 2 | 39 | 14 | 36 | 6 | 5 | |
| Totals | 648 | 19 | 17 | 30 | 32 | 38 | 195 | 55 | 35 | 97 | 39 | 70 | 21 | 305 | 78 | 198 | 27 | 40 | |