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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
City of Westminster 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES
| Notification | Removal to Hospital | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Polio-myelitis | 1 | 1 | - |
| Diphtheria | 18 | - | |
| Erysipelas | 9 | 5 | - |
| Scarlet Fever | 55 | 43 | -- |
| Enteric Fever | . ¡ª | - | - |
| Paratyphoid | - | - | |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 | 6 | |
| Cerebro Spinal MerJnrttis | 6 | - | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 1 | - | -- |
| Measles | 474 | 68 | - |
| Pneumonia | 12 | 19 | |
| Dysentery | 16 | 12 | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 56 | 23 | 2 |
| Malaria | 2 | - | . - |
| scabi.es | 323 | ¡ª |
Corrected diagnosis: Scarlet Fever 3.
| Non-notifiable diseases - removed to hospital:- | |
| German Measles | 2 |
| Chick or pox | 2 |
| Mump 1 | 1 |
| Gastro-Enteritis | 11 |
The incidence of Diphtheria was markedly loss while Measleshad its
usual binomial
epidemic. No cases of the Enteric group were notified.
VACCINATION
Persons vaccinated by Public Vaccinator: Primary ?68
Secondary 29
The number of primary vaccinations were doubled ov:ing to the return of
families. *
BACTEFTCHor.Tg.YL EXAMINATIONS
Diptheria- negative 157; positive 5
Tuberculosis- negative 106; positive 52
Tuberculosis
Pulmonary: 193 new cases, including 17 transfers and 8 non-notified deaths.
Non-pulmonary: 24 new cases, including 3 transfers and 2 non-notified deaths.
(1944 - Pulmonary: 170 new cases; Non-pulmonary: 1.9 now cases).
New Cases and Deaths
| Age Periods | New Cases Pulmonary N on-pulmonary | Deaths | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary | Non-pulmonary | |||||||
| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | - F, | |
| Under 1 year | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | |
| 1 to 5 years | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| 5 " 10 " | 2 | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 10 " 15 " | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | ||
| 15 " 20 " | 10 | 2 | - | - | - | e | ¡ö - | |
| 20 " 25 " | 11 | 19 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| 25 " 35 " | 25 | 24 | 2 | 2 | 2 | - | 2 | |
| 14 | 12 | 2 | - | 6 | 2 | 1 | - | |
| 45 " 55 " | - | 1 | 8 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 18 | 6 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | 1 | - | |
| 65 & upwards | 5 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 110 | 83 | 17 | 2 | |||||