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St Pancras 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified in the several Boroughs of the Administrative County of London during the Year 1908.
| Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1908. | Smallpox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup). | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Continued Fever. | Relapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Plague. | Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | |||||||||||||
| Paddington | 150,923 | ... | 682 | 1 50 | ... | 31 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 105 | ... | 1 |
| Kensington | 182,752 | ... | 453 | 238 | ... | 42 | 1 | ... | 11 | ... | 132 | ... | 1 |
| Hammersmith | 124,012 | ... | 394 | 204 | ... | 31 | ... | 6 | ... | 63 | ... | 1 | |
| Fulham | 171,562 | ... | 596 | 400 | ... | 39 | ... | ... | 17 | ... | 127 | ... | 4 |
| Chelsea | 75,049 | ... | 174 | 141 | ... | 17 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 52 | ... | ... |
| City of Westminster | 170,545 | 1 | 627 | 187 | ... | 41 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 81 | ... | 3. |
| North. | |||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 126,867 | ... | 411 | 119 | ... | 31 | 1 | ... | 8 | ... | 126 | ... | 2; |
| Hampstead | 92,654 | ... | 280 | 64 | ... | 25 | 1 | ... | 6 | ... | 33 | ... | ... |
| St. Pancras | 237,075 | 2 | 952 | 308 | 1 | 61 | ... | ... | 8 | 158 | ... | 5 | |
| Islington | 349,091 | ... | 1411 | 530 | ... | 97 | 1 | ... | 17 | ... | 236 | ... | 7 |
| Stoke Newington | 54,015 | ... | 202 | 65 | ... | 11 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 25 | ... | 2 |
| Hackney | 235,253 | 1 | 1276 | 389 | ... | 66 | ... | ... | 12 | ... | 238 | ... | 7 |
| Central. | |||||||||||||
| Holborn | 54,466 | ... | 194 | 50 | ... | 25 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 46 | ... | ... |
| Finsbury | 96,007 | ... | 409 | 170 | ... | 49 | ... | .. | 4 | ... | 95 | .. | 3. |
| City of London | 19,252 | ... | 53 | 29 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 9 | ... | ... |
| East. | |||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 115,227 | 600 | 210 | ... | 105 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 127 | ... | 6 | |
| Bethnal Green | 131,066 | 1010 | 278 | ... | 83 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 216 | ... | 2; | |
| Stepney | 310,706 | 2358 | 658 | 3 | 98 | 2 | ... | 9 | ... | 423 | ... | 2 | |
| Poplar | 171,516 | ... | 1280 | 315 | ... | 61 | ... | ... | 14 | ... | 191 | ... | 5 |
| South. | |||||||||||||
| Southwark | 210,442 | ... | 775 | 270 | ... | 48 | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 234 | ... | 6 |
| Bermondsey | 127,910 | ... | 641 | 252 | ... | 58 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 168 | ... | 3 |
| Lambeth | 321,314 | ... | 1454 | 345 | ... | 66 | 3 | ... | 10 | ... | 225 | ... | 14 |
| Battersea | 183,873 | ... | 1152 | 866 | ... | 41 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 150 | ... | 3 |
| Wandsworth | 289,506 | ... | 1261 | 591 | ... | 61 | ... | ... | 13 | ... | 209 | ... | 5 |
| Camberwell | 280,022 | ... | 1054 | 398 | ... | 36 | ... | ... | 10 | ... | 233 | ... | 2; |
| Deptford | 117,539 | ... | 723 | 208 | ... | 28 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 171 | ... | ... |
| Greenwich | 109,110 | ... | 428 | 223 | ... | 35 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 106 | ... | ... |
| Lewisham | 156,627 | ... | 620 | 471 | ... | 34 | 3 | ... | 6 | ... | 91 | ... | ... |
| Woolwich | 131,346 | ... | 601 | 368 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 91 | ... | 1 |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 1 | 5 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 6 | ... | ... |
| Administrative County of London | 4,795,757 | 4 | 22072 | 8002 | 4 | 1357 | 13 | ... | 228 | ... | 4203 | ... | 85 |
SECONDARY NOTIFICATIONS.
The secondary notification of infections diseases has grown to considerable
proportions. A Daily List of Notifications is sent to—
1. The Metropolitan Asylums Board.
2. The St. Pancras Public Library.
3. The Day Schools attended by infected children.
4. The Day Schools attended by contacts.
5. The Sunday Schools attended by infected children.