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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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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Infantile Mortality.
| Causes of Death. | Total. | Legitimate. | Illegitimate. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Whooping Cough | 1 | 1 | — |
| Meningococcal infections | 1 | 1 | — |
| Other infective and parasitic diseases | 1 | 1 | — |
| Influenza | 1 | 1 | — |
| Bronchitis | 1 | 1 | — |
| Pneumonia | 5 | 5 | — |
| Congenital Malformations | 2 | 2 | — |
| *Other defined and ill-defined diseases | 26 | 22 | 4 |
| All other Accidents (other than motor vehicles) | 3 | 1 | 2 |
| Homicide | 1 | — | 1 |
| 42 | 35 | 7 |
*This is the Registrar-General s classification; but such conditions
as prematurity, birth injuries and other fatal conditions relating to the
process of birth are included under this heading.
Infectious Disease.
| Disease. | Original Notifications. | Removed to Hospital. | Re-diagnosed. | Corrected Notifications. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dysentery | 210 | 88 | 24 | 186 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 7 | 2 | 9 |
| Food Poisoning | 59 | 4 | — | 59 |
| Malaria (origin unknown | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 1,022 | 73 | 4 | 1,018 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Paratyphoid | 1 | 1 | — | 1 |
| Pneumonia— | ||||
| Acute Primary | 6 | — | — | 6 |
| Influenzal | 76 | — | — | 76 |
| Poliomyelitis— | ' | |||
| Paralytic | 3 | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| Non-Paralytic | 1 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | 10 | — | 12 |
| Scabies | 35 | — | — | 35 |
| Scarlet Fever | 62 | 21 | 2 | 60 |
| Typhoid Fever | 2 | 2 | — | 2 |
| Whooping Cough | 380 | 40 | 8 | 372 |
No cases of the following diseases were notified during the year:
Anthrax; Cholera; Continued Fever; Diphtheria; Encephalitis;
Glanders; Hydrophobia; Membranous Croup; Ophthalmia Neonatorum;
Plague; Relapsing Fever; Smallpox; Typhus Fever.
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