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Kensington 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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THE PREVENTION OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS
DISEASE.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are compulsorily notifiable in Kensington :—
Acute encephalitis lethargica. Influenzal pneumonia
Acute polio.encephalitis. Malaria (not induced)
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. Smallpox.
Dysentery. Tuberculosis.
Erysipelas. Typhoid or enteric fever.
Glanders. Typhus fever.
Hydrophobia. Zymotic enteritis.
| Year. | Smallpox. | Scarlet fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric fever. | Erysipelas. | Ophthalmia neonatorum. | Puerperal fever. | †Puerperalpyrexia. | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Encephalitis lethargica. | P. m'itis & polioencephalitis. | Acute rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal meningitis. | Dysentery. | *Enteritis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1929 | 5 | 483 | 297 | 15 | 75 | 22 | 13 | 41 | 260 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 81 | 2 | 2 | 114 | 1,418 |
| 1930 | 4 | 411 | 329 | 32 | 68 | a | 8 | 24 | 221 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 99 | 3 | 3 | 85 | 1,304 |
| 1931 | 2 | 385 | 222 | 16 | 61 | 13 | 8 | 61 | 253 | 1 | 1 | — | 46 | 7 | 17 | 41 | 1,134 |
| 1932 | 1 | 478 | 415 | 14 | 81 | 16 | 8 | 31 | 233 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 50 | 10 | 25 | 83 | 1,452 |
| 1933 | — | 617 | 295 | 11 | 97 | 6 | 10 | 49 | 208 | 1 | — | 1 | 62 | 5 | 6 | 106 | 1,474 |
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table.
†Puerperal pyrexia became notifiable on 1st October, 1926.
‡Acute rheumatism in children under 16 years of age became notifiable in Kensington on 1st October, 1927.
* Zymotic enteritis in children under 5 years of age became notifiable in Kensington on 1st July, 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. | Pneumonia. | Malaria. | Acute rheumatism. | Cerebro spinal meningitis. | Dysentery. | Enteritis. | Polio myelitis. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 28 | — | 38 | 38 | — | 9 | — | 1 | 3 | 38 | — | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 132 |
| February 25 | — | 46 | 17 | — | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 35 | — | 4 | 3 | — | 3 | — | 120 |
| March 25 | — | 45 | 32 | 1 | 11 | — | — | 6 | 15 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 118 |
| April 22 | — | 43 | 23 | — | 9 | — | — | 4 | 10 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | — | 95 |
| May 20 | — | 38 | 13 | — | 5 | — | — | 9 | 13 | — | 3 | — | — | 11 | — | 92 |
| June 17 | — | 63 | 23 | 2 | 4 | _ | — | 2 | 9 | — | 6 | 1 | — | 20 | — | 130 |
| July 15 | — | 54 | 31 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 8 | — | 5 | — | — | 13 | — | 129 |
| August 12 | — | 47 | 28 | 1 | 7 | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | — | 5 | _ | — | 23 | 1 | 120 |
| September 9 | — | 34 | 16 | — | 6 | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | — | 7 | — | 1 | 18 | — | 94 |
| October 7 | — | 33 | 12 | — | 4 | 2 | — | 1 | 18 | — | 3 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 81 |
| November 4 | — | 83 | 18 | — | 9 | — | 3 | 2 | 14 | — | 4 | — | 1 | 4 | — | 138 |
| December 2 | — | 43 | 23 | 1 | 16 | — | — | 2 | 16 | 1 | 13 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 118 |
| 30 | — | 50 | 21 | i | 8 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 22 | — | 2 | — | — | 107 | ||
| Totals | — | 617 | 295 | 11 | 97 | 6 10 49 | 208 | I | 62 | 5 | 6 | 106 | I | 1,474 | ||
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table.