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City of Westminster 1932
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Table XXIV.
City of Westminster.—Infectious Diseases, Distributed in each Ward.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Fall Mali. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless and non residents, |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | _ |
| Cholera (C). Plague (r) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | 7 | 8 | 28 | 4 | 16 | — | — | 4 | 1 | — | 3 | — | 4 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | — | 3 | 2 | 19 | 2 | 16 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Scarlet fever | — | 11 | 7 | 54 | 10 | 71 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 10 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 18 | 6 |
| Typhus fever | —. | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | — | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Cerebro.spinal meningitis | — | — | — | 2 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | 5 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | — | 4 | 4 | 22 | 2 | 13 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | — | 28 | 23 | 137 | 20 | 129 | 4 | 4 | 17 | 13 | 3 | 16 | 7 | 30 | 11 |