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Marylebone 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 40.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during 1938.
| 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. | Total deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all ages | At Ages—years. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church | St. John. | Totals. | All Souls. | St. Mary. | Christ Church | St. John. | Totals. | ||||||||||||||
| —1 | 1— | 2— | 3— | 4— | 5— | 10— | 15— | 20— | 35— | 45— | 65— | ||||||||||||||
| Smallpox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Diphtheria, including Membranous Croup | 93 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 29 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 6 | 1 | — | 29 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 93 | 29 | 23 | 30 | 11 | 93 | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | 35 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 14 | 11 | 6 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 35 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 7 | 25 | 10 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 88 | — | 6 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 28 | 10 | 6 | 10 | 4 | 5 | — | 23 | 14 | 39 | 12 | 88 | 23 | 14 | 39 | 11 | 87 | 1 | 2 |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever. | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 8 | — | — | |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 15 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 18 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 1 | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Farcy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | — | — |
| Tuberculosis— Pulmonary | 105 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 4 | 6 | 43 | 23 | 21 | 5 | 27 | 25 | 34 | 19 | 105 | 13 | 12 | 13 | 7 | 45 | 60 | 34 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 24 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | 4 | 12 | 6 | 2 | 24 | — | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 13 | 10 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — |
| Polio-Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | _ | 2 | 2 | — | 4 | — | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 24 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 | 7 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 3 | 24 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 1 | 16 | 8 | 701 |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — |
| Dysentery | 16 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | — | 9 | 4 | 16 | 2 | — | 8 | 1 | 11 | 5 | 2 |
| †Measles | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 |
| †Whooping Cough | 17 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 7 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 7 | 10 | 1 |
| Totals | 451 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 21 | 21 | 71 | 23 | 30 | 105 | 54 | 55 | 21 | 106 | 112 | 156 | 77 | 451 | 82 | 83 | 119 | 54 | 338 | 113 | 122 |
64
*This figure is for all forms of pneumonia, including acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia which alone are notifiable,
†Notifiable from 1st October, 1938.