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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1876
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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the average of the preceding ten years. From pulmonary
diseases (other than phthisis), tubercular diseases (including
phthisis), wasting diseases of childhood, and the convulsive
diseases of infants, the mortality was in each case lower than
during the preceding year.
SMALL POX.
The following table shows the progress of small-pox from the commencement of the epidemic in this parish in September to the close of the year—
| Week ending. | New cases treated at home. | New cases treated in hospitals. | Total cases. | Deaths. |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| September 30th | 2 | 0 | 2 | 1 |
| October 7th | 1 | 0 | 1 | 0 |
| „ 14th | 0 | 1 | 1 | 0 |
| „ 21st | 2 | 3 | 5 | 0 |
| „ 28 th | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| November 4th | 1 | 2 | 3 | 0 |
| „ 11th | 2 | 7 | 9 | 0 |
| „ 18th | 0 | 2 | 2 | 0 |
| „ 25 th | 0 | 10 | 10 | 1 |
| December 2nd | 10 | 9 | 19 | 4 |
| „ 9th | 1 | 15 | 16 | 7 |
| „ 16th | 0 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| „ 23rd | 2 | 10 | 12 | 2 |
| „ 90th | 8 | 11 | 19 | 0 |
| Totals | 29 | 74 | 103 | 20 |
Of the 20 fatal cases, 7 died in private houses, and 13 in
hospitals.
To the early removal of cases into hospital must
be attributed in part the comparative freedom from small-pox