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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE 2
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1951 Age Groups in Years | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over | age unknown | |
| Scarlet fever | - | 6 | 12 | 36 | 2 | 8 | 4 | — |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | - | — | — | 1 | — |
| Enteric fever | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 3 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 13 | — |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 5 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 13 | 107 | — |
| Dysentery | 7 | 21 | 12 | 17 | 4 | 3 | 16 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Acute encephalitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 2 | 2 | 16 | 12 | 3 | 55 | 148 | — |
| Measles | 43 | 278 | 390 | 451 | 44 | 45 | 48 | 15 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 8 | 11 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pood poisoning | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 2 | 10 | — |
| Scabies | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 13 | — |
| Whooping cough | 55 | 134 | 148 | 126 | 4 | 2 | 9 | 6 |
| TOTALS | 128 | 466 | 596 | 657 | 67 | 149 | 394 | 22 |
TABLE 3
| Notifiable Disease | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Redcliffe | Brompton | |
| Scarlet fever Diphtheria (including | 10 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 8 |
| Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 19 | 22 | 9 | 36 | 31 | 9 | 8 | 10 | 5 |
| Dysentery | 24 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Non-paralytic | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — |
| Acute encephalitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 35 | 31 | 27 | 29 | 16 | 34 | 24 | 28 | 14 |
| Measles | 216 | 134 | 178 | 192 | 182 | 119 | 67 | 156 | 70 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Enteritis | 4 | 13 | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — |
| Pood poisoning | 4 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 6 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Scabies | 6 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 3 |
| Whooping cough | 138 | 79 | 60 | 71 | 37 | 39 | 12 | 38 | 10 |