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City of Westminster 1924

[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 1924.

Notifiable Diseases.Cases Notified.Cases removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.Deaths.
At all Ages.At Ages—Years.At all Ages.At Ages—Years.
Under 1.1-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.5-10.10-15.15-20.20-35.35-45.45-65.65 and over.Under 1. 11-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.5-10.10-15.15-20.20-35.35-45., 45-65.65 and over
Small-pox1———————————————————————————
Cholera (C). Plague (R)———————————————————————————
Diphtheria22516182/256144152332—221427—443394—————
Erysipelas29——2——2—1291122092————————1—1—
Scarlet fever208210122217753552271—20353————12——————
Typhus fever————————————————————————————
Enteric fever15————1——4514—96—————————————
Relapsing fever (R)————————————————————————————
Continued fever (C)————————————————————————————
Puerperal fever10————————64——10—2————————2———
Cerebro-spinal meningitis31——————————————————————————
Polio-myelitis———————————————1———————————1
Encephalitis lethargica9—————1—4211—546—1—————2——3—
Ophthalmia neonatorum2323———————————419
Pneumonia92—1——31159211023980126511——1211562423
Malaria1————————1————1—————————————
Dysentery————————————————————————————
Trench fever————————————————————————————
Anthrax1——————————1—1——————————————
Totals6172717324946 1151843884354311557601061(j4351353862824

Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis in 35 cases—
Cases not notified :—
Enceph— leth— 9, 57, 17,1½,, 19, 47.
Polio-mvelitis 71.
Scarlet fever 3½, 6, 3, 7, 40, 12, 6½, 7, 2½, 4, 3, 9, 5, 3, 6, 7, 17, 21.
Diphtheria, 15, 3, 2, 9, 0, 11, 22, 5, 24, 3, 5, 2.