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Table XXIX.—Infectious Diseases, Distributed according to Ward.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Conduit. | Grosvenor. | Knightsbridge St. George. | Victoria. | St. Margaret. | St. John. | Hamlet of Knightsbridge. | Pall Mall. | Regent. | Great Marlborough. | Charing Cross. | Covent Garden. | Strand. | St. Anne. | Homeless and non-residents. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera (c). Plague (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria | — | 9 | 11 | 25 | 1 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 4 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 2 | 11 | 4 | 10 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | 8 | 13 | 25 | 50 | 8 | 56 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 7 |
| Typhus fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric fever | 1 | 3 | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing fever (R) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued fever (C) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal fever | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 4 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | — | 2 | — | 11 | — | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Malaria | — | 3 | — | 3 | — | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | 1 | 2 | 8 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Membranous Croup | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Totals | 9 | 33 | 41 | 117 | 14 | 139 | 16 | 3 | 21 | 3 | 7 | 16 | 4 | 14 | 20 |