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City of London 1938

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

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Table: cases of, infectious disease (exclusive of tuberculosis) notified during the year 1938.

cases of, infectious disease (exclusive of tuberculosis) notified during the year 1938.

NUMBER OF ACTUAL CASES NOTIFIED.
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 years.3 years and under 4 years.4 years and under 6 years.5 years and under 10 yeas.10 years and under 15 years.10 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........................................................
Diphtheria6................23.........l............6
Erysipelas2........................................2....2
Scarlet Fever8................22........4............8
Typhus „.........................................................
Enteric „ (including Para-typhoid)1........................................1....1
Relapsing „........................................................
Continued „........................................................
Puerperal „........................................................
Puerperal Pyrexia........................................................
Polio-myelitis........................................................
Cerebro spinal Meningitis1........................................1....1
Ophthalmia Neonatorum22............................................1
Measles4922134293221........12
Whooping Cough1....1............................................
Malaria (contracted abroad)........................................................
Acute Primary Pneumonia3........................11........1....1
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia1............................1............1
Encephalitis Lethargica1............................................11
Dysentery4................................2....2....4
Food Poisoning1....................................1............
Totals804313834431027138

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* L.C.C. Hospitals, St. Bartholomew's Hospital.
City Police Hospital. &c