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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

St Pancras 1896

Forty-first annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London

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Table: The Case-fatality.—The following table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras :

The Case-fatality.—The following table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras :

Population—1891 Census.Regent's Park, pop. 37,341.Tottenham Court, pop. 26,757.Grav'a Inn Lane, pop. 29,426.Somers Town, pop. 32,161.Camden Town, pop. 16,669.Kentish Town, pop. 98,410.Total.
Diseases.
Small-pox..............
Cholera..............
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup168122143899
Erysipelas1123..613
Scarlatina, or Scarlet Fever524441837
Typhus Fever..............
Typhoid or Enteric Fever5..3321629
Relapsing Fever..............
Continued Fever..............
Puerperal Fever....1....45
Totals271122311082183

Table: From the preceding Tables the Case-fatality of each of the diseases appears as follows :—

From the preceding Tables the Case-fatality of each of the diseases appears as follows :—

Cases.Deaths.Fatality per cent.
Small-pox5....
Cholera......
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup4679921.2
Erysipelas366133.6
Scarlatina10673735
Typhus Fever......
Typhoid, or Enteric Fever1982914.6
Relapsing Fever......
Continued Fever1....
Puerperal Fever19526.3
Totals21231838.6

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In the previous year the fatality of diphtheria and membranous croup was
24.3 per cent., of erysipelas, 2.7; of scarlet fever, 4.8; of enteric fever, 19.4;
and of puerperal fever, 70.6.
DIAGNOSTIC TESTS.
The diagnosis of diphtheria is often difficult and leads to differences of
opinion as between medical practitioners themselves and their patients.
Mild and doubtful cases are a source of great danger as carriers of
infection, and in young children are a ready means of spreading the disease
in schools.