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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| Notifiable disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1957 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 | - | 4 | 6 | 18 | 2 | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 2 | — | — | 1 | - | 2 | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 59 | 64 |
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 52 |
| Dysentery | 4 | 14 | 7 | 14 | 8 | 6 | 24 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | — | — | - | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | - | - | - | 1 | 4 |
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | - | - | 2 | 2 | - | 3 | 6 |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
| Acute encephalitis | - | - | — | — | - | 2 | 1 |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | - | 4 | - | 5 | 2 | 39 | 158 |
| Measles | 29 | 223 | 268 | 415 | 10 | 15 | 22 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 1 | - | - | • | • | - | - |
| Enteritis | 5 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Food poisoning | 7 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 24 |
| Scabies | 1 | 3 | 1 | 5 | - | 18 | 24 |
| Whooping Cough | 14 | 42 | 26 | 45 | 2 | - | 1 |
| TOTALS: | 66 | 304 | 316 | 514 | 28 | 164 | 389 |
TABLE 3
| Notifiable disease | Total Cases notified, in each Ward | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Redcliffe | Brompton | ||
| Scarlet fever | 8 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | |
| Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Enteric fever | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |||
| Puerperal pyrexia | 7 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 7 | 91 | 6 | |||
| Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 11 | 7 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 3 | 4 | 21 | 2 | |
| Dysentery | 14 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 2 | 11 | 3 | 24 | 6 | |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | — | - | |
| Meningococcal infection | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Malaria | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | ||||
| Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | |
| Non-paralytic | - | - | - | - | — | - | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Acute encephalitis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 28 | 22 | 21 | 30 | 20 | 36 | 19 | 18 | 14 | |
| Measles | 196 | 182 | 85 | 109 | 138 | 111 | 41 | 93 | 27 | |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | |||
| Enteritis | 3 | 6 | 1 | - | - | |||||
| Food poisoning | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 17 | 2 | |
| Scabies | 6 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 10 | - | 6 | 1 | |
| Whooping Cough | 32 | 24 | 14 | 15 | 12 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 3 | |