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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 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]
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TABLE 2
| Notifiable disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1956 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 | – | 3 | 16 | 19 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Enteric fever | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 2 | 4 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | _ | _ | _ | a. | – | 54 | 65 |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | – | 2 | 4 | 5 | – | 10 | 46 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 19 | 19 | 17 | 2 | 4 | 26 |
| Erysipelas | – | – | – | – | – | – | 5 |
| Meningococcal infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 2 | – | |
| Malaria | - | – | - | - | — | – | 1 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | – | 5 | 4 |
| Non.-paralytic | - | - | 2 | 4 | - | 1 | – |
| Acute encephalitis | – | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 1 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 41 | 204 |
| Measles | 9 | 77 | 111 | 154 | 11 | 8 | 8 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteritis | 8 | 5 | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Food poisoning | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 20 | 55 |
| Scabies | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 15 | 18 |
| Whooping Cough | 24 | 54 | 57 | 98 | 1 | – | 2 |
| TOTALS: | 47 | 171 | 224 | 289 | 24 | 161 | 415 |
TABLE 5
| Notifiable disease | Total Cases Notified in each Ward | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St.Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Redcliffe | Brompton | |
| Scarlet fever | 9 | 1 | 15 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric fever | 1 | – | 4 | – | 1 | – | 5 | – | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 2 | 5 | 5 | 7 | 6 | 12 | 78 | 3 | 1 |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 9 | 12 | 8 | 10 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 12 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 19 | 10 | 11 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 9 | 5 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | – | 1 | – | 4 | – | – | – | – | – |
| Meningococcal infection | 5 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | — | 1 | – |
| Malaria | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | – | – | 3 | – |
| Non-paralytic | 1 | – | – | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | – |
| Acute encephalitis | l | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | – |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 35 | 24 | 28 | 44 | 21 | 40 | 16 | 41 | 11 |
| Measles | 75 | 90 | 40 | 45 | 10 | 41 | 7 | 42 | 12 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteritis | 2 | 7 | 2 | 2 | – | – | 1 | – | – |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 9 | 10 | 7 | 2 | 25 | 5 | 4 | 2 |
| Scabies | 7 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 3 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 55 | 47 | 56 | 42 | 9 | 19 | 6 | 19 | 5 |