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Chelsea 1941
Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health for Chelsea, 1941
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TABLE No. 40
| 1941 | Cases notified in Chelsea. | Cases notified in each Ward. | Removed to various Hospitals | cases notified in Chelses | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 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. | C hurch. | Hans Town. | Royal Hospital. | 1939 | 1940 | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — |
| Chicken-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria | 31 | 4 | '7 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | 31 | 65 | 15 |
| Erysipelas | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 9 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 15 | 9 |
| Scarlet Fever | 23 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 7 | 4 | 11 | — | 1 | 22. | 49 | 13 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 6 | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 3 | — | — | _ | _ | — | — | —J | —_ | 2 | 1 | —__ | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 10 | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal Fever ... | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 1 | 7 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | _ | — | 2 | 5 | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —• | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Dysentery | 95 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 18 | 64 | 86 | — | 9 | — | — | 95 | 4 | 6 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia Acute Influenzal | 64 | 9 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | 22 | 14 | 19 | 2 | 31 | 7 | 5 | 46 | 43 | 59 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
| Measles | 40 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 9 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 15 | — | 14 | 10 | 1 | 16 | 16 | 150 |
| "Whooping Cough | 44 | 6 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 2 | 8 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 27 | 3 | 18 | 1 | — | 15 | 74 | 4 |
| Total Tuberculosis :— | 332 | 35 | 34 | 18 | 15 | 9 | 21 | 6 | 8 | 35 | 15 | 52 | 84 | 182 | 15 | 103 | 21 | 11 | 254 | 292 | 289 |
| Pulmonary | 57 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 16 | 13 | 17 | 4 | 2.7 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 6 | 75 | 49 | ||
| Non-Pulmonary | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | — | 5 | 5 | |
| Totals (Tuberculosis)... | 62 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 19 | 13 | 19 | 4 | 30 | 5 | 20 | 1 | 6 | 80 | 54 | |
| Totals | 394 | 35 | 34 | 18 | 16 | 9 | 21 | 7 | 13 | 54 | 28 | 71 | 88 | 212 | 20 | 123 | 22 | 17 | 372 | 343 | |
NOTE:- Notifications have not been corrected for any subsequent revision of diagnosis.