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St Pancras 1899

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: Diagnostic Tests.— The number of specimens of secretion and blood submitted during the year in suspected cases of Diphtheria, and Typhoid or Enteric Fever, and the results of Examination were as follows:—

Diagnostic Tests.— The number of specimens of secretion and blood submitted during the year in suspected cases of Diphtheria, and Typhoid or Enteric Fever, and the results of Examination were as follows:—

Bacillus found.Doubtful.Bacillus not found.Total.
Diphtheria (Secretion)4323681
Reaction obtained.Doubtful.Reaction not obtained.Total.
Typhoid (Blood)2834273

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Revised Diagnoses.— From the Superintendents of the Metropolitan Asylums
Board's Hospitals during the year letters were received at varying intervals after
admission in reference to 13 of the total number of cases received that certain
patients were found not to be suffering from the diseases certified, namely,
7 certified as diphtheria, 4 as enteric fever, 1 as scarlet fever, and 1 as puerperal
fever.

Table: Outbreak of Typhoid Fever.— On the 27th September, 1899, I reported that at a house in Haverstock Street occupied by three separate families, in one of the families, consisting of eleven persons, nine cases of typhoid fever occurred as follows:—

Outbreak of Typhoid Fever.— On the 27th September, 1899, I reported that at a house in Haverstock Street occupied by three separate families, in one of the families, consisting of eleven persons, nine cases of typhoid fever occurred as follows:—

Initials.Sex.Age.Fell III.Certificate dated.Certificate received.Removed to Hospital.
F. S.F.916th Aug.21st Aug.22nd Aug.23rd Aug.
E. S.F.724th Aug.25th Aug.28th Aug.28th Aug.
M. S.F.4""""
D. S.F.16""""
E. J. S.M.39"28th Aug.29th Aug.29th Aug.
E. C. S.F.1128th Aug.2nd Sept.4th Sept.4 th Sept.
M. S.F.17""""
G. J. S.M.13"3rd Sept.""
E. C. S.F.4315th Sept.17th Sept.18th Sept.19 th Sept.

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All the cases were removed to hospital on the dates shown in the above table,
but it will be observed that the first case was nursed at home for a week before
removal to hospital.