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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 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1914.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1914.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At all Ages.At Ages.—Years.St. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's Court.Queen's Gate.Redcliffe.Brompton.
Under 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 4545 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-Pox......................................................
Cholera......................................................
Plague...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)1904558522213...17613314121771910171
Erysipelas16233101642662226492424651111654
Scarlet fever9431619758985525...2182251176010966369022888
Typhus fever......................................................
Enteric fever10...11341...1......1113216
Continued fever1...1...........................1...............
Puerperal fever6............6......122.........1......4
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis2...11............11..................2
Poliomyelitis......................................................
*Pulmonary Tuberculosis501...973802171081489130111502728112711253
†Other forms of Tuberculosis18131515722158228465111812644122
Ophthalmia Neonntorum3838..................12611232...2...1
Totals2034913188162283571863839352034916216718175155541501

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• In 17 cases the Ward was unknown.
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