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City of Westminster 1932
[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 1932.
| 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. | | 1.2. | 2.3. | 3.4. | 4.5. 5.10. | 10.15. 15.20. | 20.35. | 35.45. | 45.65. | 65 and over. | |||||||||
| Smallpox | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Diphtheria | 72 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 2 | 16 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 2 | — | 71 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Erysipelas | 50 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 20 | 7 | 38 | 12 | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | 201 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 16 | 13 | 67 | 37 | 20 | 29 | 3 | 3 | — | 194 | 7 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | |
| Puerperal fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | — | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Cerebro.spinal meningitis | 6 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | 6 | — | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 13 | 13 | — | — | — | — | —— | — | — | — | — | — | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Pneumonia | 51 | 1 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 15 | 9 | 45 | 6 | 51 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 | 5 | 16 | 21 |
| Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Totals | 424 | 18 | 11 | 14 | 22 | 17 | 89 | 47 | 39 | 79 | 31 | 41 | 16 | 393 | 31 | 69 | 3 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 18 | 24 |
| Correction has been made for errors in notification or revision of diagnosis in 28 cases. Diph. 13, Searlet Fever 13. C. Spinal Fever 1. Smallpox 1. Cases not notified:— | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet fever, 10. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Diphtheria, 8. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||