London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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In the accompanying tables (inset) are shown the number of notifications of the notifiable infectious diseases received in each week of the year, and also the corresponding weekly numbers of
In the next table the number of notifications are set out for the past ten years.
| Diseases. | 1904 | 1905 | 1906 | 1907 | 1908 | 1909 | 1910 | 1911 | 1912 | 1913 | 1914 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Small-pox | 3 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Scarlet Fever | 840 | 987 | 791 | 851 | 957 | 774 | 681 | 445 | 598 | 568 | 1207 |
| Diphtheria | 332 | 278 | 271 | 337 | 292 | 3'2 | 259 | 416 | 550 | 440 | 458 |
| Membranous Croup | 7 | 4 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | — | — | — |
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Enteric Fever | 135 | 72 | 96 | 54 | 60 | 50 | 61 | 66 | 29 | 4??? | 44 |
| Fever, Simple and Continued | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Puerperal Fever | 9 | 10 | 10 | 4 | 8 | 15 | 14 | 16 | 20 | 11 | 18 |
| Erysipelas | 251 | 228 | 231 | 188 | 156 | 160 | 186 | 201 | 190 | 210 | 223 |
| Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| Chicken-pox (part of year) | 407 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 198 | .. | .. | .. |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 5 | 6 | 10 | 7 | 3 | 5 | 2 |
| Polio-Myelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 9 | 3 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 26 | 18 | 23 | 34 |
| Totals | 1984 | 1580 | 1403 | 1448 | 1482 | 1320 | 1215 | 1380 | 1411 | 1308 | 1990 |