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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 1914
[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 1914.
| NOTIFIABLE DISEASE. | 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 | |||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | Not belonging to Kingston. | |||||||||
| Under 1 | 1-5. | 5-15. | 15-25 | 25-45 | 45-65 | 65 and over. | Town Ward. | C'nb'ry Ward. | Barracks. | Hill Ward. | Workhouse. | Narbtn Ward. | |||||
| Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup) | 70 | 1 | 17 | 42 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 21 | 12 | 3 | 26 | 21 | |||
| Erysipelas | 51 | 5 | 10 | 2 | 14 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 22 | 1‡ | |||
| 1† | |||||||||||||||||
| Scarlet Fever | 157 | 24 | 108 | 17 | 7 | 1 | 14 | 29 | 34 | 38 | 7 | 49 | 51 | ||||
| Enteric Fever | 13 | 3 | 5 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | ||||||
| Puerperal Fever | 8 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2* | 4 | 2* | ||||||||
| 2† | 1* | 1* | |||||||||||||||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||||||||||||||
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 96 | 4 | 11 | 19 | 38 | 20 | 4 | 17 | 34 | 20 | 1 | 24 | 30† | ||||
| Other forms of Tubercolosis | 34 | 5 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 7 | 8* | 11 | 8 | 6† | ||||||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 5 | 2 | 3 | |||||||||||||
| Totals | 438 | 6 | 56 | 193 | 53 | 81 | 41 | 8 | 19 | 74 | 112 | 2 | 91 | 17 | 141 | 3 | 115 |
‡ Brought in when ill to Workhouse Infirmary. * Cases came from Hampton and Teddington.
† Sanatorium Treatment, not under Insurance Act and otherwise not Workhouse Infirmary. .
Kingston Victoria Hospital for Enteric Fever Hampton Hospital for Scarlet Fever ; Molesey Hospital for Diphtheria; Surrey Joint Hospital
for Small Pox ; and Sanatoria as available for Tuberculosis.