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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
Kensington 1927
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kensington]
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TABLE II.
Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year, 1927.
| Notifiable Disease | Number of Cases Notified. | Total Cases Notified in each Ward. | Total Cases Removed to Hospital. | |||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages.—Years. | St. Charles. | Golborne. | Norland. | Pembridge. | Holland. | Earl's Court. | Queen's Gate. | Redcliffe. | Brompton. | ||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 45. | 45 to 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||||||||||||
| Small-pox | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Cholera | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Dysentery | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| Plague | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Diphtheria (including Membranous croup) | 392 | 9 | 102 | 210 | 37 | 30 | 3 | 1 | 62 | 104 | 81 | 41 | 39 | 21 | 23 | 15 | 6 | 386 |
| Erysipelas | 59 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 8 | 13 | 22 | 10 | 14 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 20 |
| Scarlet fever | 264 | 4 | 81 | 180 | 31 | 15 | 3 | ... | 62 | 71 | 33 | 35 | 12 | 7 | 21 | 14 | 9 | 247 |
| Typhus fever | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Enteric fever | 10 | 1 | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| Continued fever | ... | ... | ... | .... | — | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Puerperal fever | 3 | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 2 |
| ‡ Puerperal pyrexia | 44 | ... | ... | ... | 16 | 28 | ... | ... | 9 | 8 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 32 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 4 | ... | 1 | 1 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 5 | 1 | 8 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | 5 |
| Polio-myelitis and Polio-encephalitis | 2 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 178 | ... | ... | 9 | 43 | 79 | 44 | 3 | 25 | 35 | 31 | 23 | 6 | 20 | 8 | 18 | 12 | 144 |
| Other forms of Tuberculosis | 74 | 1 | 11 | 36 | 15 | 10 | ... | 1 | 14 | 18 | 13 | 7 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 7 | 3 | 33 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 17 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 2 | 6 | 3 | 1 | ... | 2 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Primary Pneumonia | 151 | 7 | 34 | 31 | 15 | 26 | 27 | 11 | 18 | 68 | 28 | 12 | 7 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 4 | 82 |
| Influenzal Pneumonia | 90 | 7 | 9 | 4 | 8 | 30 | 19 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 20 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 7 | 5 | 3 | 37 |
| Malaria | 2 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| *Enteritis | 41 | 24 | 17 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | 19 | 15 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 20 |
| † Acute Rheumatism | 48 | ... | 2 | 42 | 4 | ... | ... | ... | 13 | 6 | 22 | 3 | 3 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 11 |
| Totals | 1388 | 73 | 263 | 467 | 180 | 246 | 119 | 40 | 243 | 377 | 263 | 147 | 88 | 70 | 78 | 78 | 44 | 1042 |
‡ Notifiable since October 1st, 1926.
* Notifiable only in children under the age of 5 years.
† „ „ „ „ „ 16 years since October 1st, 1927.
Cases of mistaken diagnosis are not excluded from the above table