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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 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Table showing the number of cases of infectious disease notified in the various age periods, the number admitted to hospitals, and the total deaths from these diseases in 1930:—
| Notifiable Disease | Number of cases notified. | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At ages.—Years. | ||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 2. | 2 to 3. | 3 to 4. | 4 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 20. | 20 to 35. | 35 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and over. | Cases admitted to hospital. | Total deaths. | ||
| Small-pox | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 829 | 4 | 21 | 30 | 33 | 30 | 112 | 21 | 19 | 48 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 322 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | 68 | 6 | 3 | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 8 | 10 | 9 | 23 | 7 | 46 | 4 |
| Scarlet fever | 411 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 35 | 37 | 161 | 57 | 21 | 39 | 9 | 6 | ... | 384 | 3 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 32 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 2 | 4 | ... | 23 | 1 |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 8 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 8 | ... | ... | ... | 5 | 6 |
| Puerperal pyrexia Encephalitis | 24 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 21 | 2 | ... | ... | 14 | |
| Lethargica | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 1 | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 |
| Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis ... | 202 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | 8 | 19 | 42 | 89 | 28 | 7 | 5 | 149 | 140 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 58 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 15 | 9 | 9 | ... | 25 | 25 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 11 | 11 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 5 | ... |
| Primary Pneumonia | 185 | 15 | 25 | 14 | 12 | 7 | 25 | 4 | 10 | 24 | 16 | 23 | 10 | 106 | 17 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 86 | 3 | 2 | ... | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 4 | 16 | 18 |
| Malaria | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 3 | 1 |
| * Enteritis (Diarrhœa) | 85 | 42 | 24 | 10 | 5 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 31 | 46 |
| † Acute Rheumatism | 99 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 56 | 87 | 5 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 47 | 4 |
| Totals | 1564 | 88 | 92 | 80 | 91 | 83 | 377 | 152 | 119 | 274 | 94 | 86 | 28 | 1086 | 284 |
| * Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years. † „ „ „ „ „ 16 years. Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table. | |||||||||||||||