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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 1962

[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 1962 Age Groups in Tears
Under 11 to 23 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 2425 & over
Scarlet fever-12921-
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)-——----
Enteric fever-----2-
Puerperal pyrexia-----5053
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia1---1216
Dysentery769124712
Erysipelas------7
Meningococcal infection-------
Malaria-----21
Acute poliomyelitis:
Paralytic1-----1
Non-paralytic---1---
Acute encephalitis-1-----
Tuberculosis (all forms)1375326115
Measles7577510010137
Ophthalmia neonatorum3------
Enteritis103-----
Food poisoning1112-67
Scabies-1-4157
Whooping Cough45211—--
TOTALS:35789614421114226

Table: TABLE 3

TABLE 3

Notifiable DiseaseTotal cases notified in each Ward in 1962
St. CharlesGolborneNorlandPembridgeHollandEarls CourtQueens GateRedcliffeBrampton
Scarlet fever5123-112-
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)---—-----
Enteric fever-----11——
Puerperal pyrexia1974343612-
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia121822211
Dysentery3329211153
Erysipelas-221--1l—
Meningococcal infection-------—-
Malaria--1--1--1
Acute polimyelitis:Paralytic-----11—-
Non-Paralytic--------1
Acute encephalitis-1--—-——-
Tuberculosis (all forms)3525173018125145
Measles45911745151620128
Ophthalmia neonatorum2--1—--—-
Enteritis661------
Pood poisoningl22223141
Scabies222421—4-
Whooping Cough410251———-