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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
Kingston upon Thames 1913
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Kingston-upon-Thames]
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TABLE II. Cases of Infectious Disease notified during the Year 1913.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASES. | NUMBER OF CASES NOTIFIED. | Secondary Cases. | TOTAL CASES NOTIFIED IN EACH LOCALITY. (e.g. Parish or Ward) of the District. | TOTAL CASES REMOVED TO HOSPITAL | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | 2 | 3 | i | 5 | 6 | Not belonging to Kingston. | |||||||||||
| At all Ages. | At Agest—Years. | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-5 | 5-15 | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over. | Town Ward. | C'nb'ry Ward. | Barracks. | Hill word. | Workhouse. | Nrbtn. Ward. | |||||
| Diptheria (including Membranous Croup) | 71 | 1 | 11 | 31 | 16 | 9 | 3 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 20 | 16 | 13 | 22 | |||
| Erysipelas | 31 4+ + | 3 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 | 6 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 13 | 8 | |||||
| Scarlet Fever | 42 | 1 | 13 | 19 | 7 | 2 | 17 | 1 | 8 | 11 | 9 | 13 | 12 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2* | 4 | 2* | |||||||||||
| 12+ + | 1* | 1* | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | ||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tubercolosis | 129 | 3 | 7 | 12 | 34 | 57 | 14 | 2 | 18 | 39 | 1 | 24 | 4 | 43 | 79+ | ||
| Other forms of Tubercolosis | 35 | 1 | 7 | 18 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 8 | 1 | 8 | 1 | 14 | 8+ | ||
| Totals | 7 | 42 | 84 | 63 | 87 | 31 | 9 | 37 | 24 | 82 | 3 | 67 | 45 | 98 | 6 | 125 | |
: Brought in when ill to Workhouse Infirmary. * Case came from Hampton and Teddington.
+ Sanatorium Treatment, under Insurance Act and otherwise.
Kingston Victoria Hospital for Enteric Fever ; Hampton Hospital for Scarlet Fever ; Molesey Hospital for Diphtheria; Surrey Joint Hospital
for Small Pox ; and Sanatoria are available for Tuberculosis.