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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 1923

[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, 1923.

TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1923.

Notifiable DiseaseNumber of Cases Notified.Total Cases Notified in each WardTotal 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)2236759525175...4169351818811149216
Erysipelas671141214231212181273255332
Scarlet fever2053589626211...3047222218863517197
Typhus fever............•••.......................................
Enteric fever12......2532...1...411221...9
Continued fever......................................................
Puerperal fever15.........591......6511......2...7
Encephalitis Lethargica8......1...2............1......1...1...3
Cerebro-Spinal Menin-gitis......................................................
Poliomyelitis and Polio-Encephalitis5...221.........2.........11...1...4
Pulmonary Tuberculosis280...411741245611395058231926153614153
Other forms of Tuberculosis12322055241471223627127275547
Ophthalmia N eona-torum2121..................5341211...412
Primary Pneumonia9018211123215152816124354854
Influenzal Pneumonia3524...5124812444......11...17
Malaria5......122......1......2.........2......
Totals1084361722881902411203716928118810374545310755751