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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 1964

[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 1964 Age groups in years
Under 11 to 23 to 45 to 910 to 1415 to 2425 and over
Scarlet fever-11813-
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)_------
Enteric fever--1--51
Puerperal pyrexia-----5036
Acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia1--2--16
Dysentery-844-510
Erysipelas-----12
Meningococcal infection1------
Malaria-----13
Acute poliomyelitis: Paralytic-------
Tuberculosis (all forms)-237-2184
Measles27971071249104
Ophthalmia neonatorum3------
Enteritis2-1----
Food Poisoning9331-519
Scabies-1-332113
Whooping cough81188---
TOTALS5112312815713122188

Table: TABLE 3

TABLE 3

Notifiable diseaseTotal cases notified in each Ward in 1964
St.CharlesGolborneNorlandPembridgeHollandEarl's CourtQueen1s GateRedcliffeBrompton
Scarlet fever46-21--1-
Diphtheria (including membranous croup)---------
enteric fever---1--222
Puerperal Pyrexia43435115321
Acute primary pneumonia and
acute influenzal pneumonia623321--2
Dysentery53953-312
Erysipelas-1-11----
Meningococcal infection--1------
Malaria---1-1-2-
Acute poliomyelitis: Paralytic---------
Tuberculosis (all forms)28271020810293
Measles72108366632338185
Ophthalmia neonatorum_2-1-----
Enteritis-2-----1-
Food Poisoning955943-32
Scabies8841213221
Whooping cough10163-1-221