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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 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE II.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of Cases Notified. | Tolal Casas Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages.—Years. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | yueen 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 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Plague | ... | •• | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 124 | 5 | 41 | 50 | 18 | *9 | ... | ... | 22 | 42 | 18 | 12 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 116 |
| Erysipelas | 112 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 17 | 81 | 86 | 17 | 14 | 88 | 15 | 18 | 11 | 7 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 44 |
| Scarlet fever | 552 | 8 | 109 | 887 | 54 | 87 | 6 | 1 | 128 | 122 | 88 | 67 | 57 | 87 | 22 | 18 | 18 | 516 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 27 | ... | ... | 5 | 9 | 10 | 8 | ... | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 21 |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 18 | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 7 | ... | ... | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | ... | 8 | ... | 10 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | . . . | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 2 |
| *Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 628 | 6 | 20 | 128 | 92 | 259 | 110 | 18 | 106 | 182 | 188 | 62 | 26 | 86 | 28 | 25 | 17 | 295 |
| †Other forms of Tuberculosis | 221 | 16 | 47 | 91 | 86 | 26 | 5 | ... | 40 | 46 | 57 | 16 | 11 | 15 | 6 | 14 | 8 | 128 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Totals | 1701 | 55 | 224 | 617 | 228 | 880 | 161 | 86 | 822 | 486 | 814 | 174 | 119 | 118 | 72 | 78 | 52 | 1188 |
• In 13 cases the Ward was not known,
† In 8 ,, ,, ,, ,,