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City of Westminster 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XXIV. City of Westminster.—Infectious Diseases, Distributed in each Ward.
| Notifiable Diseases. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | — | 11 | 19 | 90 | 8 | 74 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 9 | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 2 | 12 | 2 | 11 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 5 |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 6 | 8 | 31 | 2 | 38 | — | 1 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 7 | 1 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | 1 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-myelitis | — | — | - | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | 1 | — | - — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | 1 | 2 | 7 | — | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | 6 | 6 | 26 | 2 | 16 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Trench fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1* | 1 |
| Totals | 1 | 26 | 44 | 173 | 16 | 148 | 4 | 5 | 24 | 15 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 14 |
* Notified to St. Marylebone.