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St Pancras 1871
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SMALL POX, 1871.—(52 Weeks.)
ST. PANCRAS.
| Week ending | No. of NewCases reported to Sanitary Department. | No. of New Cases sent into Hampstead Hospital. | No. of Cases sent into St. Pancras Temporary Hospital. | No. of Cases sent into Hospitals, exclusive of High-gate Hospital. | No. of Cases treated at homo. | No. of Deaths in Hospitals, exclusive of High-gate Hospital. | No. of Deaths at home. | Total No. of Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January 7 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 11 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 14 | 34 | 4 | 0 | 4 | 30 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| „ 21 | 20 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 15 | 0 | 3 | 3 |
| „ 28 | 30 | 9 | 0 | 9 | 21 | 0 | 1 | 1 |
| February 4 | 68 | 10 | 0 | 10 | 58 | 0 | 9 | 9 |
| „ 11 | 68 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 55 | 3 | 8 | 11 |
| „ 18 | 60 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 46 | 2 | 15 | 17 |
| „ 25 | 64 | 24 | 0 | 24 | 40 | 0 | 12 | 12 |
| March 4 | 62 | 25 | 0 | 25 | 37 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| „ 11 | 69 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 51 | 5 | 13 | 18 |
| „ 18 | 63 | 19 | 0 | 19 | 44 | 4 | 7 | 11 |
| „ 25 | 65 | 31 | 0 | 31 | 34 | 0 | 10 | 10 |
| April 1 | 44 | 42 | 0 | 42 | 2 | 3 | 12 | 15 |
| „ 8 | 122 | 53 | 0 | 53 | 69 | 10 | 13 | 23 |
| „ 15 | 102 | 64 | 0 | 64 | 38 | 17 | 11 | 28 |
| „ 22 | 117 | 47 | 0 | 47 | 70 | 9 | 13 | 22 |
| „ 29 | 89 | 48 | 0 | 48 | 41 | 4 | 19 | 23 |
| May 6 | 104 | 51 | 0 | 51 | 53 | 11 | 17 | 28 |
| „ 13 | 105 | 52 | 0 | 52 | 53 | 7 | 12 | 19 |
| „ 20 | 133 | 80 | 0 | 80 | 53 | 13 | 17 | 30 |
| „ 27 | 136 | 81 | 0 | 81 | 55 | 20 | 21 | 41 |
| June 3 | 135 | 74 | 0 | 74 | 61 | 23 | 18 | 41 |
| „ 10 | 100 | 54 | 1 | 55 | 45 | 12 | 20 | 32 |
| „ 17 | 98 | 46 | 4 | 50 | 48 | 16 | 13 | 29 |
| „ 24 | 100 | 49 | 11 | 60 | 40 | 7 | 8 | 15 |
| July 1 | 58 | 31 | 2 | 33 | 25 | 10 | 11 | 21 |
| „ 8 | 41 | 18 | 1 | 19 | 22 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| „ 15 | 88 | 45 | 7 | 52 | 36 | 4 | 10 | 14 |
| „ 22 | 45 | 27 | 2 | 29 | 16 | 8 | 9 | 17 |
| „ 29 | 39 | 18 | 8 | 26 | 13 | 5 | 8 | 13 |
| August 5 | 43 | 25 | 7 | 32 | 11 | 6 | 9 | 15 |
| „ 12 | 35 | 14 | 3 | 17 | 18 | 6 | 5 | 11 |
| „ 19 | 44 | 23 | 5 | 28 | 16 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| „ 26 | 34 | 16 | 3 | 19 | 15 | 5 | 5 | 10 |
| September 2 | 26 | 18 | 5 | 23 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 10 |
| „ 9 | 22 | 5 | 1 | 6 | 16 | 3 | 5 | 8 |
| „ 16 | 21 | 10 | 4 | 14 | 7 | 2 | 2 | 4 |
| „ 23 | 11 | 6 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| „ 30 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 2 | 5 |
| October 7 | 10 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 6 |
| „ 14 | 6 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 |
| „ 21 | 3 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| „ 28 | 21 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 7 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| November 4 | 19 | 15 | 0 | 15 | 4 | 0 | 5 | 5 |
| „ 11 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 4 |
| „ 18 | 20 | 13 | 0 | 13 | 7 | 0 | 6 | 6 |
| „ 25 | 24 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 5 | 9 |
| December 2 | 30 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 6 |
| „ 9 | 31 | 23 | 0 | 23 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 20 |
| „ 16 | 51 | 14 | 0 | 14 | 37 | 3 | 7 | 10 |
| „ 23 | 19 | 17 | 0 | 17 | 2 | 2 | 10 | 12 |
| „ 30 | 23 | 18 | 0 | 18 | 5 | 7 | 7 | 14 |
| Totals | 2799 | 1356 | 67 | 1423 | 1376 | 271 | 440 | 711 |
| Per centage of Cases | 100. | 48.4 | 2.4 | 50.8 | 49.2 | 9.7 | 15.7 | 25.4 |
If the death-rate among all classes of patients were the same as in the Hospitals mentioned above,
3751 cases of Small Pox must have occurred in the parish, and 552 cases must have been unreported.
This is doubtless too low an estimate.