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 C.
St. Pancras District and Sub-Districts.
Table of cases of Infectious Sickness Certified Deaths, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities, occurring during the 52 Weeks ending Saturday, January lst, 1898.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Non-Parishioners in Public Institutions within the District are excluded. Parishioners in Public Institutions without the District are included. Parishioners in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, areclassified in the respective Districts of their previous residence. | AGES. | Regent'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. | ||||||||||
1. Variola, Smallpox | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
2. Scarlatina, Scarlet Fever | Under 5 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 4 | .. | 6 | .. | 14 | 24 |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 10 | ||
3. Diphtheria | Under 5 | 16 | 4 | 8 | 16 | 5 | 30 | .. | 73 | 109 |
5 upwards | 1 | .. | 4 | 9 | .. | 22 | .. | 36 | ||
4. Membranous Croup | Under 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 3 |
5 upwards | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
5. Typhus Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
6. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Under 5 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 38 |
5 upwards | 3 | 8 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 13 | .. | 36 | ||
7. Fever, Simple and Continued | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
8. Relapsing Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
q. Puerperal Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 |
5 upwards | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | ||
10. Cholera | Under 5 | I | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | ||
11.Erysipelas | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 | 13 |
5 upwards | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 10 | ||
Under 5 | 14 | 6 | 9 | 20 | 6 | 40 | .. | 95 | 195 | |
5 upwards | 7 | 11 | '3 | 17 | 3 | 48 | 1 | 100 | ||
All ages | 21 | 17 | 22 | 37 | 9 | 88 | 1 | 195 |