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Kensington 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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THE PREVENTION OF, AND CONTROL OYER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable in Kensington :—
Acute Encephalitis Lethargica. Influenzal Pneumonia.
Acute Polio-encephalitis. Malaria.
Acute Polio-myelitis. Membranous Croup.
Acute Primary Pneumonia. Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
Acute Rheumatism. Plague.
Anthrax. Puerperal Fever.
Cerebro-spinal Fever. Puerperal Pyrexia.
Cholera. Relapsing Fever.
Continued Fever. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever.
Diphtheria. Small-pox.
Dysentery. Tuberculosis.
Erysipelas. Typhoid or Enteric Fever.
Glanders. Typhus Fever.
Hydrophobia. Zymotic Enteritis.
| Year. | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever, | Erysipelas. | Ophthal-mia Neonatorum. | Puer-peral Fever. | †Puerperal Pyrexia | Pneu-monia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | P. M'ltis & Polio-Encephalitis. | ‡Acute Rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal Meningitis. | Dysent. ery. | *Enteritis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1926 | — | 264 | 391 | 28 | 69 | 15 | 9 | 11 | 145 | 2 | 5 | 4 | ‡ | 2 | — | 97 | 1042 |
| 1927 | — | 251 | 356 | 10 | 59 | 17 | 3 | 44 | 241 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 48 | 5 | 2 | 41 | 1086 |
| 1928 | — | 365 | 271 | 75 | 59 | 11 | 7 | 83 | 154 | 7 | 4 | 1 | 153 | I | — | 99 | 1221 |
| 1929 | 5 | 483 | 297 | 15 | 75 | 22 | 13 | 41 | 260 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 114 | 1418 |
| 1930 | 4 | 411 | 329 | 32 | 68 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 221 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 1304 |
| Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table. † Puerperal Pyrexia became notifiable on October 1st, 1926. ‡ Acute Rheumatism in children under 16 years of age became notifiable in Kensington on October 1st, 1927, * Zymotic Enteritis in children under 5 years of age became notifiable in Kensington on July 1st, 1924. The other London Boroughs in which this disease is notifiable are Fulham, Finsbury, Poplar, Southwark, Deptford, Greenwich, Woolwich and Paddington. | |||||||||||||||||
| Four Weeks ending | Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum. | Puerperal Fever. | Puerperal Pyrexia. | Pneu-monia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | P. M'itis & Polio-Ence-phalitis. | Acute Rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal Meningitis. | Dysentery. | Enteritis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 25 | _ | 46 | 27 | _ | 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 25 | _ | _ | _ | 8 | _ | _ | 1 | 116 |
| February | _ | 44 | 37 | l | 8 | — | — | 2 | 21 | 1 | — | — | 11 | — | _ | 7 | 132 |
| March 22 | 1 | 43 | 31 | — | 3 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 20 | — | 1 | — | 9 | — | — | 3 | 117 |
| April 19 | _ | 36 | 45 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | 11 | — | — | — | 10 | 1 | — | 3 | 121 |
| May 17 | 2 | 36 | 23 | 3 | 4 | — | 1 | 3 | 24 | — | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | 4 | 109 |
| June 14 | — | 29 | 23 | 4 | 7 | — | 1 | 2 | 19 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | 4 | 93 |
| July 12 | — | 35 | 23 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 9 | — | — | — | 6 | — | — | 11 | 93 |
| August 9 | — | 19 | 20 | 5 | 3 | — | — | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 9 | 71 |
| Sept. 6 | — | 13 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | — | — | 8 | — | — | 6 | 71 |
| October 4 | — | 25 | 12 | 4 | 6 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 21 | 83 |
| — | 22 | 19 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | 7 | 71 | |
| „ „ 29 | 1 | 27 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | — | 1 | — | 9 | — | 1 | 5 | 96 |
| January 3 (5 weeks) | — | 36 | 31 | 1 | 8 | — | — | 1 | 38 | — | — | 1 | 9 | — | 2 | 4 | 131 |
| Totals | 4 | 411 | 329 | 32 | 68 | 11 | 8 | 24 | 221 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 1304 |
| Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above Table. * Three cases of Puerperal Pyrexia were subsequently notified as Puerperal Fever and are included in this table under both headings. | |||||||||||||||||