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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 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE II. Table showing the number of cases of infectious diseases notified in the various age periods and wards; the number admitted; and the total deaths from these disease in 1931:-
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each ward. | Cases admitt-d toe hospital | .Total deaths | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At ages.—Years. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | ||||||||||||||
| 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. | |||||||||||||
| Small pox | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 17 | 2 | 6 | 4 | 1 | ~~ | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | 15 | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | 222 | 10 | 14 | 13 | 15 | 18 | 80 | 22 | 16 | 29 | 3 | 2 | — | 53 | 46 | 48 | 26 | 7 | 12 | 11 | 15 | 4 | 211 | 7 |
| Erysipelas | 61 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 4 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 21 | 7 | 8 | 16 | 13 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 2 | 31 | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | 385 | 3 | 17 | 25 | 31 | 32 | 152 | 49 | 20 | 43 | 10 | 3 | — | 116 | 57 | 87 | 39 | 15 | 23 | 21 | 18 | 9 | 375 | 1 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 16 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 11 | 1 |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 8 | 7 | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 61 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 49 | 7 | — | — | 8 | 22 | 11 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 51 | |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 7 | 6 |
| Polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 205 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 19 | 93 | 27 | 55 | 5 | 39 | 31 | 23 | 23 | 14 | 21 | 7 | 32 | 15 | 150 | 127 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 40 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 4 | 8 | 15 | 7 | 1 | 2 | — | 10 | 9 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 2 | — | — | 23 | 21 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 11 | — |
| Primary pneumonia | 213 | 30 | 25 | 11 | 13 | 8 | 23 | 8 | 12 | 28 | 15 | 25 | 15 | 47 | 86 | 33 | 22 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 9 | 2 | 94 | 27 |
| Influenzal pneumonia | 40 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | 1 | 13 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 15 | 19 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Enteritis (diarrhoea) | 41 | 17 | 13 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 10 | 12 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 14 | 40 |
| †Acute rheumatism | 46 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 27 | 13 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 12 | 18 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 18 | 6 |
| Totals | 1,379 | 80 | 81 | 64 | 69 | 62 | 297 | 112 | 95 | 287 | 84 | 117 | 31 | 322 | 306 | 272 | 143 | 58 | 77 | 64 | 101 | 36 | 1,147 | 267 |
| * Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years. † „ „ „ „ „ 16 „ Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||