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City of London 1929

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

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CASES OF INFECTIOUS DISEASE AND TUBERCULOSIS NOTIFIED DURING THE YEAR 1929.

Table: NUMBER of CASES NOTIFIED.

NUMBER of CASES NOTIFIED.

DISEASES.At Ages—Years.No. of Cases Re-moved toHos- pital. •
At all ages.Under 1 year.1 year and under 2 years.2 years and under 3 years.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-pox4........................121............4
Cholera........................................................
Plague........................................................
Diphtheria21........11153....91........20
Erysipelas3............................1....2........3
Scarlet Fever31........111126....91........27
Typhus........................................................
Enteric „ (including Para-typhoid)........................................................
Relapsing „........................................................
Continued „........................................................
Puerperal „........................................................
Puerperal Pyrexia........................................................
Polio-myelitis........................................................
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis........................................................
Pulmonary Tuberculosis16............................281419
Other forms of Tuberculosis1................................1................
Ophthalmia Neonatorum........................................................
Measles4....................1........3............3
Rubella........................................................
Chicken Pox9....................6........21........2
Malaria (contracted abroad)........................................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia10....................1........2....619
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia1........................................111
Encephalitis Lethargica........................................................
Amoebic Dysentery1....................................1........1
Totals101........2222510535711279

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* Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals, London Fever Hospital, City of London Infirmary,
St. Bartholomew's Hospital, City Police Hospital, Sanatoria, &c.
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