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St Pancras 1919

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919

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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. WardNorth. Ward.No Address.W hole Borough.West. WardSouth. WardEast. WardNorth. Ward.No Address.Whole Borough.
4578361245783612
1. Variola or Small-pox1....21..6....10............1....1
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever481124081773355102..558....2111......5
3. Diphtheriaand Membranous Croup4248224456245458..3483....64431..21
4. Typhus Fever........................................
5. Enteric orTyphoid Fever111......4....71........1......2
6. Fever, Simple and Continued........................................
7. Relapsing Fever........................................
8. Puerperal Fever1212412....131..251......9
9. Erysipelas131852525191316..13421..311..1..9
10.Cholera........................................
11.Plague........................................
12.Anthrax........................................
13.Glanders........................................
14.Hydrophobia........................................
15- Cerebrospinal Meningitis1..1..224..1..1011....3•*..1..6
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis..1....21......4........1........1
17, Ophthalmia Neonatorum55456473..391..1..1..2....5
18. Encephalitis Lethargica..1....1..1....3....................
19. Acute Primary Pneumonia15106116131411..86....................
20. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia255691360292318..213....................
21. Malaria81435371399..98....................
22.Dysentery......113..1..6..11..1..1..15
23.Trench Fever..............1..1....................
24. Measles783788170217964866..103414....25..3..15
25. German Measles2733216323185429..268....................
26. †Tuberculosis:— Pulmonary11511561107104911146230799353321373827283010268
Other Forms2731528353029156206794131012125173

• Includes two deaths from Posterior Basic Meningitis.
t Including all primary notifications made under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, 011 Forms]
A, B, C, or D.