Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE 2
Notifiable disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1954 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 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteric fever | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | - | — | — | — | — | 41 | 55 |
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | - | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 37 | |
Dysentery | 2 | 15 | 13 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 15 |
Erysipelas | — | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 |
Meningococcal infection | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | - |
Malaria | — | — | — | - | — | - | 4 |
Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | _ | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - |
Non-paralytic | - | - | — | — | — | — | - |
Acute encephalitis | - | — | — | - | 1 | — | — |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 4 | 2 | 6 | 15 | 3 | 42 | 171 |
Measles | 23 | 21 | 41 | 1 | 3 | 1 | |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | — | — | — | — | - | — |
Enteritis | 11 | 6 | 3 | — | _ | _ | — |
Food poisoning | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | — | 3 | 40 |
Scabies | 1 | 1 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 14 | 15 |
Whooping cough | 16 | 29 | 39 | 41 | 8 | 1 | 2 |
Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
TOTALS: | 93 | 100 | 157 | 26 | 120 | 355 |
TABLE 3
Notifiable disease | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Redcliffe | Brompton | |
Scarlet fever | 7 | 12 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 4 |
Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Enteric fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | - |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 5 | 1 | 4 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 57 | 7 | - |
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 9 | 10 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 5 | 3 | - |
Dysentery | 11 | 10 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 3 | 15 | 2 |
Erysipelas | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — |
Meningococcal infection | 1 | _ | — | — | — | — | - | — | - |
Malaria | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | ||
Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 |
Non-paralytic | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
Acute encephalitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 39 | 36 | 35 | 29 | 22 | 26 | 15 | 25 | 16 |
Measles | 25 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 12 | 13 | 5 | 14 | 6 |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
Enteritis | 4 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | — |
Food poisoning | 7 | 28 | 2 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 |
Scabies | 6 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 4 | 2 |
Whooping cough | 16 | 16 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 24 | 6 | 35 | 2 |
Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |