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Marylebone 1939
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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TABLE 22.
Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during 1939.
| 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 | 42 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 8 | — | 1 | - | 10 | 8 | 16 | 8 | 42 | 10 | 8 | 16 | 7 | 41 | 1 | — |
| Erysipelas | 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 8 | — |
| Scarlet Fever | 43 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 11 | 4 | 5 | 14 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 13 | 13 | 7 | 43 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 6 | 40 | 3 | — |
| Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric Fever | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 1 | — |
| Paratyphoid Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - | - | - | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 | 1 | — | — | 3 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 12 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 10 | 2 | — |
| Plague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Farcy | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis | • | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary | 92 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 11 | 39 | 17 | 14 | 6 | 21 | 22 | 37 | 12 | 92 | 7 | 10 | 8 | 7 | 32 | 60 | 57 |
| Non-Pulmonary | 12 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | 6 | — | 2 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 12 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 3 | 5 |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Polio-Encephalitis | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pneumonia | 20 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 9 | 4 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 20 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 11 | 9 | 60* |
| Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dysentery | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 2 | — | — |
| Measles | 17 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 17 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 9 | — |
| Whooping Cough | 114 | 17 | 16 | 23 | 15 | 15 | 21 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 13 | 34 | 50 | 17 | 114 | 5 | 11 | 18 | 6 | 40 | 74 | 1 |
| Totals | 399 | 25 | 24 | 31 | 24 | 21 | 49 | 15 | 25 | 94 | 33 | 39 | 19 | 73 | 116 | 144 | 66 | 399 | 46 | 67 | 70 | 41 | 224 | 175 | 125 |
| *This figure is for all forms of pneumonia, including acute primary pneumonia and acute influenzal pneumonia which alone are notifiable. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||