London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE 2
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1949 Age Groups in Years | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 2 to 3 | 3 to 4 | 4 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 35 | 35 to 65 | 65 and over | |
| Scarlet fever | - | 6 | 11 | 11 | 12 | 66 | 6 | 2 | - |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Enteric fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | - | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | - | 30 | 3 | - |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 3 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 12 | 19 | 45 | 24 |
| Dysentery | 3 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 1 |
| Erysileplas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 10 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomylitis and polioencephalitis | - | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 18 | 13 | - | - |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 21 | 137 | 89 | 10 |
| Measles | 32 | 111 | 100 | 90 | 97 | 261 | 35 | 14 | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteritis | 61 | 15 | 7 | 2 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Pood poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 13 | 14 | 2 |
| Scabies | - | 2 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 30 | 43 | 13 | 6 |
| Whooping cough | 42 | 47 | 62 | 35 | 36 | 81 | 1 | - | - |
| TOTALS | 150 | 205 | 206 | 149 | 161 | 499 | 312 | 196 | 45 |
TABLE 3
| Notifiable Disease | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| StoCharles | Golborne | Norland | Pembri dge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Re deliffe | Brompton | |
| Scarlet fever | 38 | 8 | 14 | 15 | 8 | 11 | 3 | 14 | 3 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 9 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 31 | 20 | 19 | 19 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 3 |
| Dysentery | 5 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis and polio-encephali tis | 8 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 11 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 1 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 45 | 39 | 26 | 28 | 33 | 31 | 20 | 31 | 13 |
| Measles | 115 | 41 | 121 | 94 | 129 | 104 | 32 | 82 | 22 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Enteritis | 21 | 18 | 10 | 7 | 15 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 4 |
| Pood poisoning | 3 | 2 | 3 | 14 | 2 | 2 | - | 6 | 1 |
| Scabies | 23 | 22 | 9 | 20 | 11 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 2 |
| Whooping cough | 107 | 50 | 31 | 41 | 16 | 31 | 1 | 25 | 2 |