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City of Westminster 1928
[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.
Table XXIV.
City of Westminister-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 Marborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria | - | 18 | 7 | 76 | 8 | 83 | 3 | 1 | 6 | 2 | - | 11 | - | 9 | 9 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | - | 3 | 10 | - | 20 | 1 | 4 | 2 | - | - | - | 3 | 2 | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | - | 19 | 14 | 66 | 19 | 71 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 1 | 12 | 9 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | ._ | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | - | 7 | 9 | 3 | - | - | 1 | 3 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - |
| Relapsing fever (R) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued fever (C) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | - | - | - | 2 | - | 2 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Poliomyelitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | - | 1 | - | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | - | 2 | 4 | 9 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 2 | - |
| Malaria | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 5* |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | 1 | 14 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - |
| Totals | 3 | 46 | 40 | 184 | 28 | 193 | 9 | 10 | 18 | 9 | 3 | 23 | 6 | 25 | 26 |
* Non residents