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City of Westminster 1904

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Table XIII.—Local Government Board Table C.— Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 52 weeksending 31st December, 1904.

Notifiable Diseases.Cases Notified in the City of Westminster.Total Cases Notified in each Ward.Number of CasEs Removed to Hospital from each Ward.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.Conduit.Grosvenor.Knightsbridge St. George.Victoria.St. Margaret.St. John.K amlet of Knightsbridge.Pall Mall.Regent.Great Marlborough.Charing Cross.Covent Garden.Strand.St. Anne.Conduit.Grosvenor.Knightsbridge St. George.Victoria.St. Margaret.St. John.Hamlet of Knightsbridge.Pall Mall.Regent.Great Marlborough.Charing Cross.Covent Garden. !Strand.St. Anne.Total.
0 to 1.1 to 5.5 to 15.15 to 25.25 to 65.65 and upwards.
Smallpox-
Cases6---15---1--4-----1----1--4-----1--6
Deaths---------------------
Diphtheria-
Cases145338622418-92022262036161610114617218618261516-9113129
Deaths5-221211-1
Erysipelas-
Cases125235198214276264414183354113111164232244
Deaths7133212-11
Chicken-pox-
Cases17912788284-11511461935116828116---------------
Deaths---------------------
Fevers. Scarlet-
Cases31341011394227125186917735418256103391221265147143182459338289
Deaths90411511
Eteric-
Cases51--71925--341059342-1226-24749232-121643
Deaths11---47---16121-------
Continued-
Cases2-1--1----2-------------2----------2
Deaths---------------------
Puerperal-
Cases5---14----2-2---1---------1---1----2
Deaths1----1------1--------
Typhus—
Cases1---1---------------1-------------11
Deaths------------------------------------
Total Cases8272121629511516614137042177511842616505312361187741 2210325 |1198123941824760516

17 cases notified as scarlet fever, 25 as diphtheria, 5 as enteric fever, and 1 as continued fever were eventually stated not to be suffering from the disease notified.
In addition to the above, 1 case of scarlet fever and 1 of enteric fever were not notified.