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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

Chelsea 1940

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1940

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Table: TABLENo. 40Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year.

TABLENo. 40

Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year.

Cases 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 Years4—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--—----------------
Cholera------------------
Diphtheria15-151-3-4-_--_11-2-215
Erysipelas9--------14251215
Scarlet Fever1311-_1-_31-51--62-2112
Typhus Fever-----------_-------
Enteric Fever1-------1-------1-
Puerperal Fever2-_-_---_-_-2---l--1-2
Puerperal pyrexia6------__-6---41-1-3
Cerebro-spinal Fever7-_-----231--1-22-6
Ophthalmia Neonatorum33----------2-1---
Poliomyelitis------------------
Encephalitis Lethargica------------------
Polio-encephalitis------------------
Malaria------------------
Dysentery6-_-_1-1-_--1212-4--6
Acute Primary Pneumonia5986122-1-791211249192553
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia91-------3413321-8
Food Poisoning5------__-2_-21-_-73-1
Measles1509to2821922492341-110111298108
Whooping Cough4111-------1-2-2--i
Total2892330313012269125320271617127SO2219221
Tuberculosis :—
Pulmonary49---111-62.16842551153
Non-Pulmonary5--—----121-14-1--
Totals (Tuberculosis)54--111-7247852951353
Totals3432330313113279197727352120032.622722

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Note - notifications have not been corrected, for any subsequent revision of diagnosis.