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City of Westminster 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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City of Westminster.— Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during tlu year 1920.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in the Citt or Westminster. | Total Cases Notifibd in each Ward. | Ca«es removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | Conduit. | Oroavenor. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless. | ||||||||
| 0 to1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | —_ | — |
| Diphtheria | 229 | 3 | 42 | 123 | 35 | 20 | 6 | — | 1 | 8 | 20 | 57 | 13 | 92 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 219 |
| Erysipelas | 70 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 21 | 23 | 17 | — | 2 | 2 | 20 | 3 | 16 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 29 |
| Searlot fever | 394 | 1 | 52 | 270 | 44 | 27 | — | — | 1 | 17 | 21 | 116 | 23 | 167 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 1 | 5 | 378 | |
| Typhus fover | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | |
| Enteric fever | 14 | — | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 8 |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fover (C) | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| I'ucrperal fever | 10 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 5 |
| Grebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Polio-mylitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — . | — | — | 1 | _ | 2 | — | — | —_ | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 28 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | — | 5 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Pneumonia | 112 | 9 | 10 | 14 | 10 | 35 | 28 | 6 | — | 6 | 7 | 35 | 6 | 30 | 3 | — | 3 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 73 |
| Malaria | 10 | — | — | — | — | 10 | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ | 1 |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Trench fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 875 | 42 | 104 | 415 | 101 | 129 | 61 | 23 | 3 | 37 | 58 | 254 | 48 | 318 | 21 | 8 | 23 | 12 | 10 | 32 | 5 | 22 | 24 | 728 |
Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis.
Cases not notified: Cerebro-spinal meningitis, 2; Scarlet fever, 1; Dysentory 1.