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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 1957

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington Borough]

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Table: TABLE 2

TABLE 2

Notifiable diseaseNumber of Cases Notified in 1957 Age Groups in Years
Under 11 to 23 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 2425 & over
Scarlet fever-4618221
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)-------
Enteric fever2——1-2-
Puerperal pyrexia-----5964
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia24352752
Dysentery4147148624
Erysipelas------7
Meningococcal infection1-——-11
Malaria——---14
Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic--22-36
Non-paralytic-----2-
Acute encephalitis--——-21
Tuberculosis (all forms)-4-5239158
Measles29223268415101522
Ophthalmia neonatorum1--••--
Enteritis55-----
Food poisoning75342724
Scabies1315-1824
Whooping Cough144226452-1
TOTALS:6630431651428164389

Table: TABLE 3

TABLE 3

Notifiable diseaseTotal Cases notified, in each Ward
St. CharlesGolborneNorlandPembridgeHollandEarls CourtQueens GateRedcliffeBrompton
Scarlet fever846423312
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)---------
Enteric fever-21---1-1
Puerperal pyrexia718-37916-
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia117109834212
Dysentery145482113246
Erysipelas--1222——-
Meningococcal infection1--1---1-
Malaria--1--121-
Acute poliomyelitis Paralytic1232--212
Non-paralytic----—-11-
Acute encephalitis-----111-
Tuberculosis (all forms)282221302036191814
Measles19618285109138111419327
Ophthalmia neonatorum---1-----
Enteritis36-1-----
Food poisoning3484581172
Scabies66910410-61
Whooping Cough3224141512145113