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City of Westminster 1933
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Table XXIV.
City of Westminster.—Injections Diseases, Distributed in each Ward.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Conduit. | Grosvcnor. | Knlghtsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knlghtsbridge. | Tall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homers* and non resident*. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Cholera (C). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | 3 | 12 | 32 | 3 | 66 | 1 | — | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 6 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | — | 6 | 4 | 13 | — | 19 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 2 |
| Scarlet fever | 1 | 24 | 34 | 79 | 15 | 158 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | 2 | 7 | 1 | 10 | 13 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | _ | — | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | __ | _ | _ | — | — | ||
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | _ | _ | ___ | — | _ | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | _ | 1 | _ | — | _ | __ | — |
| Corebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | _ | 1 |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | 2 | — | 4 | — | — | _ | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia | — | 5 | 3 | 21 | 2 | 20 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 4 | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 1 | 38 | 61 | 154 | 23 | 276 | 5 | 4 | 26 | 4 | 4 | 13 | 8 | 20 | 23 |