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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 1954
[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 | — | — |