Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report from the chairman of the health committee on the business of the department
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Infectious Diseases.—Table 7 A.
St. Pancras District and Sub-Districts.
Table of cases of Infectious Sickness Certified Notifications, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities, occurring during the 52 Weeks ending Saturday, January 1st, 1898.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Non-Parishioners in Public Institu-tions within the District are excluded. Parishioners in Public Institutions without the District are included. Parishioners in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, are classified in the re-spective Districts of their previous residence. | AGES. | Regrennt's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Totals St. Pancras. | Totals St. Pancras, All Ages. |
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Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | ||||||||||
I. Variola, Smallpox | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | ||
2. Scarlatina, Scarlet Fever | Under 5 | 31 | 27 | 60 | 50 | 14 | 103 | .. | 285 | 913 |
5 upwards | 91 | 67 | 10S | 80 | 40 | 244 | 628 | |||
3. Diptheria | Under 5 | 17 | 10 | 40 | 44 | 14 | 75 | .. | 200 | 506 |
5 upwards | 31 | 18 | 46 | 55 | 9 | 147 | .. | 306 | ||
4. Membranous Croup | Under 5 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 6 |
5 upwards | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | ||
Typhus Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Under 5 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | .. | 12 | 213 |
5 upwards | 17 | 55 | 27 | 23 | 21 | 58 | .. | 201 | ||
7. Fever, Simple and Continued | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 7 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | .. | 6 | ||
8. Relapsing Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
9. Puerperal Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 |
5 upwards | 3 | .. | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | 14 | ||
10. Cholera | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 3 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | ||
11. Erysipelas | Under 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 5 | .. | 18 | 393 |
5 upwards | 46 | 35 | 70 | 53 | 44 | 127 | .. | 375 | ||
Totals | Under 5 | 53 | 43 | 108 | 95 | 32 | 189 | .. | 520 | 2057 |
5 upwards | 189 | 175 | 250 | 214 | 115 | 594 | 1537 | |||
All ages | 242 | 218 | 358 | 309 | 147 | 783 | .. | 2057 |