Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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ISOLATION. The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital and the Sub-Districts whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table;—
Diseases. | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-Pox | 7 | 3 | 15 | 6 | 31 | ||
Cholera | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | l | .. | 3 |
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 40 | 27 | 32 | 43 | 25 | 85 | 252 |
Erysipelas | 2 | 10 | 5 | U | 4 | 7 | 39 |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 105 | 72 | 178 | 198 | 57 | 201 | 811 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 8 | 12 | 5 | 6 | 4 | 21 | 56 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
155 | 131 | 224 | 273 | 91 | 320 | 1194 |
But when the numbers for the individual diseases are compared the results appear differently, as the following tables will show:—
1892. | Cases Notified. | Cases Removed. | Remova's per cent. |
---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | 31 | 31 | 100 |
Diphteria | 432 | 252 | 58.3 |
Scarlatina | 1279 | 811 | 63.4 |
Scarlatina | 119 | 56 | 47.0 |
Total (of three last) | 1861 | 1150 | 61.1 |