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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND DISORDERS.
School Notifications of Exclusion (Patients, Contacts and Suspects), Fourth Quarter ending
Saturday, January 1st, 1910.
| 1 | o | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 15 | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. Compulsorily Certifiable Diseases. Small Pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Scarlet Fever | 15 | 10 | 25 | 15 | 27 | 18 | 12 | 26 | 24 | 41 | 11 | 5 | 2 | 231 | |
| Diphtheria | 9 | •• | 6 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 9 | 8 | •• | •• | 60 | |
| Enteric Fever | •• | •• | 1 | .. | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | |
| Erysipelas | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| B. Voluntarily Certifiable Diseases. Consumption | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | Compulsory from Poor Law Insti- tutions. |
| C. Temporarily Certifiable Diseases. Chicken Pox | 10 | 10 | 17 | 18 | 7 | 9 | 7 | 16 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 14 | .. | 121 | When Small Pox is about |
| D. Non-certifiable Diseases. | |||||||||||||||
| Measles | 4 | 2 | 5 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 6 | •• | •• | 48 | |
| Whooping Cough | 1 | •• | 5 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 8 | •• | •• | 44 | |
| Mumps | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | 3 | 2 | •• | 3 | 3 | •• | •• | 15 | |
| Tonsilitis | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | |
| E. Suspicious Symptoms. Sore Throat | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | |
| Feverish Cold | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | .. | |
| Whooping | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Vomiting | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Diarrhæa | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Rash | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Etc. | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | I | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 5 | |
| F. Communicable Disorders | |||||||||||||||
| Ophthalmia | 1 | • • | 1 | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | 1 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 8 | |
| Ringworm | 9 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 11 | 7 | 5 | •• | •• | •• | 74 | |
| Impetigo | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Scabies | 3 | 3 | 1 | •• | 1 | •• | •• | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 | •• | •• | 14 | |
| Pediculosis Corporis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| ,, Capitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| TOTAL | 53 | 35 | 72 | 48 | 54 | 52 | 46 | 74 | 17 | 80 | 13 | 19 | 2 | 625 |