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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 1922

[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, 1922.

TABLE II.Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1922.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber 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 45.45 to 65.65 and upwards.
Small-Pox......................................................
Cholera......................................................
Plague......................................................
Diphtheria (including Membranous croup)4032013915344407...731246339391623188385
Erysipelas44144810152712534552118
Scarlet fever471811926249267...8412742553820157025425
Typhus fever......................................................
Enteric fever18......9441......2622141...16
Continued fever1...............1............1..................
Puerperal fever10.........19......3112111......9
Encephalitis Lethargica4• ••.........211. .....2...1......1...3
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis2...1...1...............2..................2
Poliomyelitis2...2...............1...1..................2
Pulmonary Tuberculosis252......134712063938504826241917219142
Other forms of Tuberculosis87411521136...10302834532228
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2020• • •...............6272,...........38
Primary Pneumonia92215128311311111718214495337
Influenzal Pneumonia94819632524917292388327219
Malaria4............31......11...............2...
Totals150463310511176273139322503952471621157479127551094