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City of Westminster 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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City of Westminster.— Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year ended 31st December, 1921.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Cases Notified in the City or Westminster. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Cases removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 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. | Homeless. | ||||||||
| 0 to 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 248 | 4 | 56 | 117 | 32 | 33 | 5 | 1 | — | 13 | 18 | 84 | 17 | 61 | 4 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 11 | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | 53 | 1 | — | 7 | 4 | 17 | 15 | 9 | — | 1 | 1 | 20 | — | 12 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 25 |
| Scarlet fever | 681 | 1 | 92 | 470 | 87 | 29 | 2 | — | 4 | 26 | 45 | 192 | 18 | 227 | 14 | 4 | 45 | 23 | 7 | 12 | 14 | 49 | 1 | 646 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 9 | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 3 | — | — | — | 21 | — | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 6 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 9 | — | — | — | 2 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 21 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 9 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 13 |
| Pneumonia | 62 | — | 5 | 6 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 5 | — | 2 | 5 | 15 | 3 | 19 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | — | 34 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trench fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1,089 | 27 | 153 | 601 | 134 | 117 | 41 | 15 | 4 | 43 | 73 | 330 | 40 | 325 | 21 | 5 | 69 | 45 | 11 | 22 | 31 | 63 | 6 | 960 |
Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis.
Cases not notified: 1 Enteric (age 79, in Asylum); 1 Puerperal (age 19); 1 Encephalitis; 4 Ophthalmia.