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City of Westminster 1931

[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 1931.

Notifiable Diseases.At all Ages.Cases Notified.Cases removed to Hospital.Treated at Home.At all 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. 11-2.2-3.3-4.4-5.5-10.10-15.15-20.20-35.35-45.45-65.65 and over.
Smallpox2
Cholera (C). Plague (R)
Diphtheria132474131134171424311311511111
Erysipelas4611113522339741111
Scarlet fever179811191661181230311772
Typhus fever
Enteric fever7111211b22i1
Relapsing fever (R)
Continued fover (C)
Puerperal fever4134422
Cerebro-spinal meningitis81132171211
Poliomyelitis
Encephalitis lethargica.1
Ophthalmia neonatorum7743
Pneumonia49215131571053613662111271824
Malaria1
Dysentery1
Puerperal pyrexia15114141
•Chicken-pox10514551260143821699——
Membranous Croup1
Totals55816192237405652381082536914281308432112118102125

Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis in 46 cases. Diph. 29, Scarlet lever 14, Enteric 3.
Cases not notified :—
Scarlet fever, 17.
Diphtheria, 8.
* Made notifiable March, 1930.