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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TABLE 2
Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified in 1962 Age Groups in Tears | ||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Under 1 | 1 to 2 | 3 to 4 | 5 to 9 | 10 to 14 | 15 to 24 | 25 & over | |
Scarlet fever | - | 1 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | - |
Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | - | — | — | - | - | - | - |
Enteric fever | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - |
Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - | - | 50 | 53 |
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 16 |
Dysentery | 7 | 6 | 9 | 12 | 4 | 7 | 12 |
Erysipelas | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 |
Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 |
Acute poliomyelitis: | |||||||
Paralytic | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Non-paralytic | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
Acute encephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 1 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 26 | 115 |
Measles | 7 | 57 | 75 | 100 | 10 | 13 | 7 |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Enteritis | 10 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - |
Food poisoning | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | 6 | 7 |
Scabies | - | 1 | - | 4 | 1 | 5 | 7 |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 5 | 2 | 11 | — | - | - |
TOTALS: | 35 | 78 | 96 | 144 | 21 | 114 | 226 |
TABLE 3
Notifiable Disease | Total cases notified in each Ward in 1962 | |||||||||
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St. Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earls Court | Queens Gate | Redcliffe | Brampton | ||
Scarlet fever | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | |
Diphtheria (including membranous croup) | - | - | - | — | - | - | - | - | - | |
Enteric fever | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | — | |
Puerperal pyrexia | 19 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 3 | 61 | 2 | - | |
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia | 1 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | |
Dysentery | 33 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 3 | |
Erysipelas | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | l | — | |
Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | - | |
Malaria | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
Acute polimyelitis: | Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | — | - |
Non-Paralytic | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | |
Acute encephalitis | - | 1 | - | - | — | - | — | — | - | |
Tuberculosis (all forms) | 35 | 25 | 17 | 30 | 18 | 12 | 5 | 14 | 5 | |
Measles | 45 | 91 | 17 | 45 | 15 | 16 | 20 | 12 | 8 | |
Ophthalmia neonatorum | 2 | - | - | 1 | — | - | - | — | - | |
Enteritis | 6 | 6 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Pood poisoning | l | 2 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 1 | |
Scabies | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | - | |
Whooping Cough | 4 | 10 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | - |