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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 1952
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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| Notifiable disease | Number of Gases Notified in 1952 Age Groups in Years | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over | |
| Scarlet fever | — | 10 | 30 | 59 | 4 | 4 | 1 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric fever | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | 43 | 40 |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 2 | 5 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | |
| Dysentery | 2 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | 3 | 6 |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Acute encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 2 | — | 7 | 5 | 3 | 60 | 174 |
| Measles | 23 | 180 | 230 | 357 | 14 | 16 | 19 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 20 | 4 | 6 | — | — | — | |
| Pood poisoning | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 15 | |
| Scabies | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 14 | |
| Whooping cough | 23 | 80 | 65 | 52 | 4 | 2 | 2 |
| TOTALS : | 78 | 290 | 345 | 489 | 33 | 147 | 349 |
| Total cases notified in each Ward. | |||||||||
| Notifiable disease | St. Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Redcliffe | Brompton |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet fever | 27 | 17 | 18 | 10 | 6 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 4 |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Puerpe ral Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | 5 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 43 | 4 | 2 |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 11 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 11 | 5 | 4 | 10 | — |
| Dysentery | 6 | 3 | 2 | 7 | 7 | 1 | — | 5 | — |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Acute encephalitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 46 | 27 | 38 | 35 | 33 | 20 | 13 | 28 | 11 |
| Measles | 175 | 112 | 148 | 140 | 96 | 78 | 20 | 56 | 14 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteritis | 7 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | — | 3 | — |
| Pood poisoning | 2 | — | 2 | 7 | 1 | 3 | — | 5 | — |
| Scabies | 3 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Whooping cough | 31 | 53 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 25 | 4 | ||