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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 1918

[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, 1918.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1918.

Notifiable Disease.Number of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each Ward.Total Cases Removed to Hospital.
At allAges.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 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-Pox......................................................
Cholera•••...................................................
Plague•••...................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)163461632293129342914191410104148
Erysipelas482...23121712710563376114
Scarlet fever2342751103881...477156171456144206
Typhus fever•••...................................................
Enteric fever11......2252...1.........1151211
Continued fever2............11............1.........1...2
Relapsing fever......................................................
Puerperal fever4............4.........2...11............2
Anthrax......................................................
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis14...431411513...1...22...11
Poliomyelitis......................................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis336...1826313647757747741321521136270
Other forms of Tuberculosis9612248101122222722113523136
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2828..................79353.........12
Measles845323663197548417011295989675811694948
German Measles2407359355455...1862136664025181016
Totals202176564722269283832426334631123023915815923778766