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Marylebone 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE V.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during the 52 weeks ended 31st December, 1933.
| Notifiable Disease. | Cases notified in whole District. | Total number of cases removed to Hospital | Total Deaths. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages. | At Ages—years. | ||||||||||||||
| —1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||||
| Smallpox | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Diphtheria including Membranous Croup | 78 | 3 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 5 | 15 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 3 | 3 | — | 77 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 76 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 18 | 8 | 31 | 13 | 55 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 198 | 2 | 12 | 20 | 10 | 13 | 63 | 32 | 10 | 26 | 5 | 5 | — | 186 | — |
| Enteric Fever | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 4 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | — | — | — | - | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | - | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 8 | 3 |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 17 | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 1 | 14 | 2 | — | — | 16 | — |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | — |
| Tuberculosis— | |||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 148 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 9 | 58 | 26 | 43 | 9 | 57 | 56 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 16 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 10 | 12 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 6 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | — | 5 | — |
| Pneumonia | 74 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 3 | 2 | 11 | 10 | 18 | 8 | 46 | 831 |
| Dysentery | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - |
| Totals | 633 | 16 | 26 | 33 | 19 | 20 | 90 | 49 | 29 | 158 | 59 | 103 | 31 | 468 | 156 |
*Note.—This figure is for all forms of pneumonia, including Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia,
which alone are notifiable