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City of Westminster 1929
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Table XXIV. City of Westminster.—Infectious Diseases, Distributed in each Ward.
| Notifiable Diseases | Condult. | 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. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | 5 | 12 | 49 | 4 | 55 | 2 | 5 | 6 | — | 1 | 14 | 3 | 12 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 2 | 5 | 17 | 5 | 17 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 4 |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 14 | 18 | 65 | 6 | 66 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 2 | 5 | 21 | 4 | 14 | — |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | 1 | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | 10 | 10 | 9 | 10 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3* |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 4 | 28 | 50 | 162 | 26 | 161 | 5 | 10 | 14 | 4 | 7 | 35 | 8 | 31 | 10 |
* Non residents