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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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Table II. Table showing the number of cases of infectious disease notified in the various age periods and wards; the number admitted to hospitals; and the total deaths from these diseases in 1933.
| Notifiable Disease. | Number of cases notified. | Total cases notified in each ward. | Cases admitted to hospital. | Total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At allages | 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 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 617 | 4 | 22 | 47 | 59 | 56 | 214 | 95 | 32 | 64 | 15 | 8 | 1 | 164 | 120 | 126 | 58 | 47 | 23 | 31 | 31 | 17 | 628 | 1 |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup | 295 | 13 | 16 | 19 | 25 | 35 | 113 | 45 | 12 | 13 | 1 | 3 | — | 84 | 80 | 65 | 29 | 11 | 1 | 11 | 9 | 5 | 325 | 22 |
| Enteric fever | 11 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 5 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 |
| Puerperal fever | 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 | 3 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 49 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 42 | 5 | 1 | — | 12 | 12 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 43 | 5 |
| Primary pneumonia | 151 | 9 | 15 | 13 | 15 | 7 | 15 | 11 | 6 | 16 | 16 | 18 | 11 | 26 | 84 | 18 | 10 | 4 | 2 | — | 7 | — | 61 | 29 |
| Influenzal pneumonia | 57 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 17 | 6 | 8 | 20 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 30 | 45 |
| Dysentery | 6 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 97 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 21 | 15 | 32 | 14 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 10 | 2 | 9 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 76 | 10 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 5 | 4 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 |
| Polio-myelitis and polio-encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pulmonary tuberculosis | 184 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 17 | 82 | 30 | 44 | 8 | 36 | 41 | 20 | 19 | 7 | 29 | 10 | 15 | 7 | 163 | 124 |
| Other forms of tuberculosis | 52 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | 6 | 18 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 15 | 5 | 10 | — | — | 5 | 5 | 28 | 14 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 6 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Enteritis (diarrhoea) | 106 | 59 | 27 | 13 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 | 46 | 33 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 31 | 52 |
| † Acute rheumatism | 62 | — | — | — | 3 | 3 | 22 | 32 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 25 | 11 | 13 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 21 | 5 |
| Totals | 1710 | 100 | 91 | 96 | 112 | 104 | 382 | 194 | 84 | 279 | 95 | 129 | 44 | 416 | 443 | 338 | 149 | 92 | 75 | 67 | 90 | 40 | 1431 | 316 |
• Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.
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Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table.