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St Pancras 1918

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1918

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The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases, are classified in the following table according to their Wards and Registration Sub-Districts:—

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.Notifications.Deaths.
West. WardSouth WardEast Ward.North. WardNo Address.w hole Borough.West. WardSouth. WardEast.; WardNorth. WardNo Address.Whole Boroueh.
4578361245783612
1. Variola or Small-pox........................................
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever3653153354305754..332..1..11121..7
3. Diphtherit and Membranous Group485024576231767..39946327432..31
4. Typhus Fever.........................................
5. Entericor Typhoid Fever.1343222....17....111....115
6.Fever, Simple and Continued........................................
7. Relapsing Fever........................................
8. Puerperal Fever..13....1......5..1........1....2
9. Erysipelas14105525222616..1211222211....11
10. Cholera........................................
11. Plague........................................
12. Anthrax......1..........1......1..........1
13. Glanders........................................
14. Hydrophobia........................................
15. Cerebrospinal Meningitis*13231..12..1312..2....21..9
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis..............1..1....................
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum74753464..40....................
18. Chicken-pox1252952651146037..401....................
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 5511917669159210208228161..133015221214281520163146
Tuberculosis—Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1912, Primary "C'and "D"; Pulmonary1231519910715611411892741034636426545035412743403
„ other forms2730915262730279203161211591288182
Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915—
Measles25810975201469188519325..2114105161015189175
German Measles3837264429335648..311....................

* Includes one death from Posterior Basic Meningitis.