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City of Westminster 1938

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]

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Table: Table XXIV.-Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.

Table XXIV.-Cases of Infectious Disease Notified.

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----------------------------
Cholera (C). Plague (R)----------------------------
Diphtheria187541018186913192452-187-1-----1------
Erysipelas37----211-1021293611-----------1
Scarlet fever156238108368274851-1551-------------
Typhus fever----------------------------
Enteric fever11----1--1441-1011--------1---
Relapsing fever (R)----------------------------
Puerperal fever5--------41--5--------------
Cerebro-spinal meningitis9-1-1---16---9-3--1----11---
Poliomyelitis3---1-1-1----21-------------
Encephalitis lethargica---------------1---------1--
Ophthalmia neonatorum77-----------43------------
Pneumonia24-2-11212636-20433-------3141411
Malaria3---------3--21-------------
Dysentery33449315--312133--------------
Puerperal pyrexia22-------2173--211-------------
Totals497181427343111423531222724104841340--1--1-4351412

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Correction has been made for errors in notification or reviiion of diagnosis in 14 eaaas. Diphtheria 8, Scarlet Fever 3, Dysentery 3.
Cases not notified
Scarlet fever, 8. Dysentery 1.
Diphtheria, 17. Poliomyelitis 1.
Erysipelas 6.