The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926.
- Kensington (London, England). Royal Borough.
- Date:
- [1927]
Licence: Attribution-NonCommercial 4.0 International (CC BY-NC 4.0)
Credit: The annual report on the health of the Borough for the year1926. Source: Wellcome Collection.
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![48 Table showing Notifications of certain Infectious Diseases received in 1922-26. Year. Scarlet Fever Diph theria. Enteric Fever. Ery sipelas. Ophthal mia Neo natorum. Puer¬. peral Fever. Puer peral Pyrexia. Pneu monia. Malaria. Encepha litis Le thargica. P. M'uis & Polio¬ Ence phalitis. Smal pox. cerebro spinal Mening itis. Dysent ery. *Enter¬ itis. Total. 1922 471 403 18 44 20 10 † 186 4 4 2 – 2 – * 1164 1923 205 223 12 67 21 15 † 125 5 3 5 – – – * 681 1924 281 188 29 59 14 5 † 157 3 21 10 1 4 1 40* 813 1925 224 259 25 58 14 5 † 138 2 12 1 – 8 1 122 864 1926 264 391 28 69 15 9 11 145 2 5 4 – 2 – 97 1042 Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above table. † Puerperal Pyrexia became notifiable on October 1st, 1926. *Zymotic Enteritis in children under 5 years of age became notifiable in Kensington on July 1st, 1924. The other London Boroughs in which this disease is notifiable are Fulham, Finsbury, Poplar, Southwark, Deptford, Greenwich and Woolwich. Table showing Cases of Infectious Diseases occurring in 1926, arranged in Four-Weekly Periods. ]Four Weeks ending Scarlet Fever. Diph theria. Enteric Fever. Ery sipelas. Ophthal mia Neo natorum. Puer peral Fever. Puer peral Pyrex ia.† Pneu monia. Malaria. Encepha litis Le thargica. P. M'itis & Polio Ence phalitis. Small pox. Cerebro spinal Mening itis. Dysent ery. Enter itis. Total. January 30 14 24 – 7 2 – – 8 – 1 – – 1 – 3 60 February 27 17 32 2 8 2 – – 10 – 1 1 – – – 3 76 March 27 10 33 2 4 – – – 8 – – – – 1 – 1 59 April 24 18 31 6 6 – – – 24 – – – – – – – 85 May 22 18 33 – 11 1 1 – 17 – 1 – – – – 1 83 June 19 28 27 4 8 1 – – 12 1 – – – – – 17 93 July 17 33 27 6 5 2 – – 15 – 2 – – – – 11 101 August 14 27 23 2 3 1 2 – 6 – – 1 – – – 18 83 Sept. 11 11 20 3 6 – – – 4 – – – – – – 9 56 October 9 25 24 2 8 4 2 1 9 – – – – – – 30 106 November 6 14 27 1 4 1 2 4 11 – – 1 – – –– 4 69 December 4 21 34 – 3 1 – 4 11 – – – – – – – 74 January 1 25 56 – 1 – 2 2 10 1 – – – – – – 97 Totals 264 391 28 69 15 9 †11 145 2 5 4 – 2 – 97 1042 Cases of mistaken diagnosis are excluded from the above Table, † Puerperal Pyrexia became notifiable on October 1st, 1926. Small Pox.— No case of small pox occurred in the Borough during the year. There were, however, two cases in St. Marylebone, one in Lambeth, one in Islington, and one in St. Pancras. A. number of persons who had been in contact with cases of small pox in various parts of the country or on board ship came into the Borough during the period in which they might possibly have been incubating the disease. In every case these contacts were visited at once and urged to be vaccinated if this precautionary measure had not already been adopted. Daily visits were continued to these persons until the extreme possible period of incubation had expired. The object of the visits is to secure prompt isolation before the patient becomes infectious in the event of any suspicious illness developing. Scarlet Fever.— The number of cases notified during the year was 298, of which 27??? were removed to hospital. The following table shows the number of cases notified in the various wards in each four weekly period during 1926. District. Period No. 1. Period No. 2. Period No. 3. Period No. 4. Period No. 5. Period No. 6. Period No. 7. Period No. 8. Period No. 9. Period No. 10. Period No. 11 Period No. 12. Period No. 13. London 969 1005 927 903 981 958 1035 741 701 1001 1122 1125 894 The Borough 14 18 16 18 20 31 33 34 14 32 14 21 33 North Kensington 10 11 11 10 16 21 24 28 10 24 9 19 21 South Kensington 4 7 5 8 4 10 9 6 4 8 5 2 12 Wards. St. Charles 2 3 2 1 6 3 6 1 4 6 2 11 9 Golborne 6 5 8 6 6 9 6 15 2 3 4 – 7 Norland 2 2 1 – 2 7 12 11 2 13 2 3 4 Pembridge – 1 – 3 2 2 – 1 2 2 1 5 1 Holland 1 3 2 2 1 2 4 3 1 1 – 1 4 Earl's Court 1 1 2 2 – 2 1 2 2 1 1 – 3 Queen's Gate – 1 1 – 1 – – 1 – 2 1 1 – Redcliffe 1 2 – 2 1 6 3 – 1 2 3 – 4 Brompton 1 – – 2 1 – 1 – – 2 – – 1 Cases of mistaken diagnosis are not excluded from the above Table.](https://iiif.wellcomecollection.org/image/B18222006_0048.jp2/full/800%2C/0/default.jpg)
