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City of Westminster 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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(7070) Table XXIII. City of Westminster.—Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the Year 1930.
| Notifiable Diseases. | At all Ages. | Cases notified. | Cases removed to hospital. | Treated at home. | At All Ages | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Age year | At Agee—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. | 2-8. | 3-4. | 4-5. | 5-10. | 10-15. | 15-20. | 20-35. | 85-45. | 45-65. | 65 and 1 over. | |||||
| Smallpox | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | 236 | 8 | 11 | 21 | 13 | 18 | 96 | 24 | 14 | 25 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 234 | 2 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 21 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 37 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 3 | 13 | 16 | 3 | 23 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Scarlet fever | 252 | — | 9 | 13 | 29 | 23 | 82 | 30 | 22 | 33 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 251 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 17 | — | — | —. | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 11 | 6 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | _ | 5 | 1 | _ | _ | 5 | 1 | 4 | — | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Cerebrospinal meningitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Poliomyelitis | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 16 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 25 | — | 1 | — | — | — | _ | _ | 1 | 8 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 60 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 3 | 29 | 20 |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | —. | —. | _ | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | 15 | 1 | — | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| *Chicken-pox | 95 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 42 | 20 | 7 | 7 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 92 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 709 | 25 | 27 | 36 | 46 | 48 | 223 | 76 | 47 | 105 | 30 | 32 | 14 | 573 | 136 | 78 | 3 | — | 2 | i | i | 2 | 1 | 8 | 8 | 31 | 21 | |
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Correction has been made lor errors in notification or revision of diagnosis in 33 cases.
Cases not notified :—
Scarlet fever, 13.
Diphtheria, 20.
* Made notifiable March, 1930.