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City of Westminster 1928

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table XXIII.

City of Westminster.-Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the year 1928.

Notifiable Diseases. At all Ages. Cases Notifed. Cases removed to Hospital. Treated at Home. At agg Ages. Deaths.
At Ages-Years. 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 1.1-2. 2-3. 3-4. 4-5. 5-10. 10-15. 15-20. 20-35. 35-45. 45-65. 65 and over.
Small-pox 2 - - - - - - - 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Cholera(C). Plague(R) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Diphtheria 197 7 5 15 18 11 23 4 4 1 190 7 13 2 - - 3 1 5 2 - - - - - - - -
Erysipelas 47 - - - - - 2 3 1 8 6 17 10 36 11 1 - - - - - - - - - - - 1
Scarlet fever 204 - 6 8 9 11 73 32 24 34 5 2 - 196 8 1 - - - - - - - - - - - -
Typus fever - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Enteric fever 25 - - - 1 - 1 - 4 12 4 2 1 18 7 6 - - - - - - - - 2 1 2 1
Relapsing fever(R) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Continued fever(C) - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Puerperal fever 6 - - - - - - - - 4 2 - - 5 1 3 - - - - - - - - - - - -
- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - 3 - -
Cerbro-spinal meningitis 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Poliomyelitis - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Encephalitis lethargica 1 - - - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 - - - - - - - - 1 - - -
Ophthalmia neonatourm 7 7 - - - - - - - - - - - 4 3 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Malaria 2 - - - - - - - - 1 - 1 - 1 1 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Dysintery 8 1 - 1 2 1 1 - - 1 - 1 - 8 - - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Puerperal pyrexia 21 - - - - - - - 2 14 5 - - 19 2 - - - - - - - - - - - - -
Totals 547 15 12 24 30 25 157 53 44 103 33 35 16 500 47 90 4 1 1 3 1 5 2 - 7 11 27 28

Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis in 2 cases.
Cases not notified :—
Typhoid, 2, 21, 72.
Scarlet fever, 1, 2½, 3, 3½, 4, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5, 5½, 6, 6, 6, 7, 7, 7, 7, 9½, 10.15, 17, 17, 18, 18, 18, 19, 20, 25, 31, 43, and 5 in-patients of Gen. Hospitals, 1, 3, 13, 23, 20.
Diphtheria, 8/12,9/12, 1 5/12, 2, 3, 3, 3, 4, 4, 4½, 5, 5, 5, 6, 6, 7, 7, 9, 9, 9½, 10, 10, 11, 12, 13, 17, 18, 21, 21, 23, 30, 30, and 4 in-patients of Gen. Hospitals, 5/12 2½, 3, 3½.