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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The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified during the year 1911 and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred are shown in the following table:—
West. | South. | East. | North. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population, 1901 | 61875. | 55921. | 59842. | 59491. | 237129. |
Diseases. | |||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox (when small-pox prevails) | 48 | 50 | 69 | 31 | 198 |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 124 | 71 | 122 | 128 | 445 |
Diphtheria,Membranous Croup | 161 | 75 | 85 | 98 | 419 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 17 | 12 | 23 | 14 | 66 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 10 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
Erysipelas | 48 | 40 | 62 | 51 | 201 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Polio-Myelitis | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 |
Cerebro-sp???nal Meningitis | 2 | .. | 2 | 3 | 7 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 7 | 3 | 9 | 26 |
Totals. . | 418 | 256 | 369 | 337 | 1380 |
The Case-fatality.—The following table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras :—
West. | South. | East. | North. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Population, 1901 | 61875. | 55921. | 59842. | 59491. | 237129. |
Diseases. | |||||
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 3 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 10 |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 14 | 5 | 8 | 10 | 37 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever . . | 1 | .. | 5 | 1 | 7 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | .. | 3 | 3 | 10 |
Erysipelas | 4 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 10 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Polio-Myelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis . . | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | 4 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 26 | 7 | 22 | 23 | 78 |