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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
Marylebone 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE II. (a).
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 53 weeks ending 3rd January, 1925.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total cases notified in each locality. | Number of cases removed to Hospital from each locality. | Cases isolated at home. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—years. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church | St. John. | Totals. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church | St. John. | Totals. | ||||||||
| Under 1 | 1 to 5 | 5 to 15 | 15 to 25 | 25 to 45 | 45 to 65 | 65 and up-wards | |||||||||||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cholera | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup . | 122 | 3 | 49 | 42 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 23 | 22 | 56 | 21 | 122 | 23 | 21 | 55 | 20 | 119 | 3 |
| Erysipelas | 50 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 14 | 12 | 3 | 15 | 24 | 8 | 50 | 1 | 11 | 8 | 4 | 24 | 26 |
| Scarlet Fever. | 185 | 2 | 63 | 84 | 21 | 14 | 1 | — | 37 | 32 | 90 | 26 | 185 | 34 | 31 | 87 | 19 | 171 | 14 |
| Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | — | — | — | — | 5 | 2 | — | 2 | 4 | — | 1 | 7 | 1 | 4 | — | — | 5 | 2 |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 10 | - | - | — | 4 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 4 | 5 | — | 10 | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | 7 | 3 |
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Puerperal Fever | 13 | — | — | — | 2 | 8 | -— | — | 4 | 3 | 3 | — | 10 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 2 |
| Plague . | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Glanders | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Farcy | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever . | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | 1 | _ | 1 | _ | - | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 178 | — | 1 | 26 | 32 | 60 | 48 | 11 | 29 | 49 | 80 | 20 | 178 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 7 | 47 | 131 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 46 | 1 | 9 | 21 | 4 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 22 | 9 | 46 | 3 | 4 | 13 | 5 | 26 | 20 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Polio-Encephalitis Ophthalmia | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Neonatorum Encephalitis | 7 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | — | 7 | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Lethargica | 18 | — | — | 6 | 6 | 5 | 1 | — | 3 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 7 |
| Pneumonia | 68 | 3 | 20 | 9 | 4 | 16 | 11 | 5 | 8 | 5 | 38 | 17 | 68 | 4 | 2 | 10 | 4 | 20 | 48 |
| Malaria . | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — |
| Trench Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Totals | 703 | 17 | 150 | 194 | 94 | 134 | 84 | 30 | 116 | 151 | 331 | 105 | 703 | 80 | 94 | 205 | 62 | 442 | 261 |
| 703 | |||||||||||||||||||