London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 and Chelsea 1970
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington & Chelsea Borough]
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Table
| Disease | Total cases notified in each Ward in 1970 | ||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Charles | Golborne | Norland | Pembridge | Holland | Earl's Court | Queen's Gate | Redcliffe | Brampton | North Stanley | South Stanley | Church | Cheyne | Hans Town | Royal Hospital | |
| Dysentery | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Food Poisoning | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 |
| Infective Jaundice | 16 | 14 | 11 | 16 | 8 | 14 | 5 | 11 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 3 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| Measles | 65 | 36 | 21 | 12 | 11 | 4 | 2 | 19 | 10 | 5 | 31 | 12 | 8 | 5 | 13 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 4 | 8 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Tuberculosis (all forms) | 12 | 9 | 4 | 15 | 7 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — |
| TOTALS | 110 | 81 | 46 | 51 | 33 | 43 | 18 | 43 | 26 | 18 | 45 | 19 | 10 | 11 | 22 |