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Marylebone 1936
[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 53 weeks ended 2nd January, 1937.
| 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 | 121 | 2 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 14 | 46 | 15 | 5 | 16 | 4 | 1 | 1 | 121 | 6 | |
| Erysipelas | 28 | — | 1 | — | — | - | — | - | 2 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 23 | — | |
| Scarlet Fever | 141 | — | 8 | 9 | 10 | 12 | 42 | 17 | 10 | 22 | 7 | 3 | 1 | 130 | 1 | |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 4 | 1 | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | 4 | — | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 28 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 20 | 6 | 1 | — | 27 | — | |
| Cerebro Spinal Fever | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | |
| Tuberculosis- | ||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 107 | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 15 | 42 | 13 | 29 | 4 | 45 | 62 | |
| Non-Pulmonary | 23 | - | — | — | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 1 | 1 | — | 13 | 8 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 | _ | |
| Pneumonia | 66 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 14 | 4 | 15 | 14 | 54 | 72* | |
| Malaria | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
| Dysentery | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Polio Encephalitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | |
| Totals | 538 | 11 | 14 | 17 | 20 | 30 | 100 | 41 | 41 | 135 | 43 | 58 | 28 | 433 | 151 | |
*Note:-This figure is for all forms of pneumonia , including Acute Primary Pneumonia and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia