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, London, Borough of]
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Table 7B. 89
St. Pancras District and Sub.Districts.
Table of cases of Infectious Sickness, Ambulance Removals, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities, occurring during the 52 Weeks ended Saturday, December 30th, 1899.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Non.Parishioners in Public Institutions within the District are excluded. | 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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Parishioners in Public Institutions , without the District are included. | |||||||||||
Parishioners in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, are classified in the respective Districts of their previous residence. | |||||||||||
Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | |||||||||||
i. Variola, Smallpox | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
2. Scarlatina, Scarlet Fever | Under 5 | 29 | 18 | 22 | 42 | 39 | 66 | .. | 216 | 724 | |
5 upwards | 70 | 47 | 85 | 82 | 46 | 178 | .. | 508 | |||
3. Diphtheria | Under 5 | 26 | 13 | 16 | 31 | 17 | 86 | .. | 189 | 449 | |
5 upwards | 32 | 24 | 31 | 34 | 27 | 112 | .. | 260 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 4 | |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |||
5. Typhus Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
6. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 4 | 185 | |
5 upwards | 14 | 23 | .. | 38 | 8 | 73 | .. | 181 | |||
7. Fever, Simple and Continued | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
8. Relapsing Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 5 | |
5 upwards | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | |||
10. Cholera | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. Erysipeias | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 39 | |
5 upwards | 6 | 7 | 7 | 4 | 7 | 6 | .. | 37 | |||
Totals | Under 5 | 55 | 32 | 39 | 74 | 56 | 156 | .. | 412 | 1406 | |
5 upwards | 123 | 102 | 148 | 161 | 88 | 372 | .. | 994 | |||
All ages | 178 | '34 | 187 | 235 | 144 | 528 | .. | 1406 |