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City of London 1924

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Table: CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1924.

CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1924.

DISEASES.At Ages—Years.No. of Cases Removed toHos-pital. †
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 year and under 2 years.2 years and under 3 yeare.3 years and under 4 years.4 years and under 5 years.5 years and under 10 years.10 years and under 15 years.15 years and under 20 years.20 years and under 35 years.35 years and under 45 years.45 years and under 65 years.65 years and over.
Small-pox........................................................
Cholera........................................................
Plague........................................................
Diphtheria8........l1....l21ll........7
Erysipelas........................................................
Scarlet Fever12............235........1l........12
Typhus........................................................
Enteric ,, (including Para-typhoid)1....................................l........1
Relapsing........................................................
Continued........................................................
Puerperal........................................................
Polio-myelitis........................................................
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis........................................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis19........................13627....14
Other forms of Tuberculosis........................................................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum2*2*............................................2*
Measles........................................................
Rubella........................................................
Malaria (contracted abroad)........................................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia6....................................l234
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia........................................................
Encephalitis Lethargica1............................1................1
Totals492....l33635869341
* Patients recovered and suffered no impairment of vision. { Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals, London Fever Hospital, City of London Infirmary, St. Bartholomew's Hospital, City Police Hospital, Sanatoria, &c.