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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 1917

[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, 1917.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1917.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each WardTotal Cases Removed to Hospital.
At allAges.At Ages.—Years.St. Charles.Golborne.Norland.Pembridge.Holland.Earl's CourtQueen'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)146139572418611133301681811118132
Erysipelas692...382326791110124857317
Scarlet fever158...4292177......284719138710206151
Typhus fever......................................................
Enteric fever20......3557...2...214343112
Continued fever......................................................
Kelapsing fever......................................................
Puerperal fever2.........11.........1......1............1
Anthrax......................................................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis17...36341...6311121...215
Poliomyelitis3...21............1............2.........3
Pulmonary Tuberculosis445422887617074119310180503629172118209
Other forms of Tuberculosis98151945118......202322175632...59
Ophthalmia Neonatorum1919..................363321......11
Measles22381171035805159992033506853952441571148313872129
German Measles104816942683123074926841801381611451391839376
Totals42631741256136861664218324591951642495387335273385204805