Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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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.