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City of Westminster 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Table XXV.-Infectious Diseases, Distributed according to Ward.
| Notifiable Diseases. | Condult. | 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 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 40 | 23 | 75 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 4 | - | 7 | 14 |
| Erysipelas | 1 | 5 | 2 | 16 | 2 | 7 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 5 |
| Scarlet fever | - | 5 | 7 | 51 | 26 | 37 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 8 | - | 5 | 13 |
| Typhus fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - |
| Relapsing fever (R) | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | - | - | 1 | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 3 |
| Poliomyelitis | - | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 4 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Pneumonia | - | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Dysentery | - | - | - | 6 | 1 | 12 | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 10 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | 2 | 8 | - | 4 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 2 | 3 |
| Membranous Croup | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 5 | 25 | 29 | 131 | 54 | 151 | 11 | 5 | 27 | 4 | 4 | 17 | - | 16 | 52 |