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City of Westminster 1922
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City .of Westminster.— Cases of Infectious Disease Notified, during the year 1922.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Casks Notified in the city of 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 up wards. | ||||||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (c). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —_ |
| Diphtheria | 285 | 4 | 71 | 148 | 39 | 19 | 4 | — | 1 | 11 | 17 | 79 | 11 | 36 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 48 | 6 | 1 | 3 | j9 | 3 | 278 |
| Erysipelas | 37 | 2 | — | 4 | 2 | 11 | 12 | 6 | — | 1 | 4 | 11 | 2 | !) | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | 8 |
| Scarlet fever | 261 | 5 | 42 | 140 | 41 | 24 | 3 | 1 | 15 | 36 | 62 | 19 | 47 | 10 | 1 | 14 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 2 | 21 | — | 247 | |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Knteric fever | 10 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
| Relapsing fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | I |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 24 | ?4 | — | — | — | — | —_— | — | — | — | 2 | 14 | — | 3 | —— | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | 8 | |
| Pneumonia | 48 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 13 | 17 | 4 | _ | 11 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 15 | 3 | 1 | _ | 2 | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | _ | 27 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Trench fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| -Anthrax | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | ~~~ | — | — | ~~~ | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Totals | 675 | 35 | 118 | 305 | 94 | 73 | 40 | 1o | 3 | 36 | 64 | 173 | 35 | 114 | 24 | 5 | 56 | 61 | 11 | 37 | 8 | 45 | 3 | 584 |
Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis.
Cases not notified: Enterio2; Ophthalmia neonatorum 12; Encephalitis Lethargica 1; Puerperal Fever 1,