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 notifications of and deaths from the notifiable infectious diseases are classified in the following table according to Registration Sub-Districts:—
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
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West. Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | No Address. | Whole Borough. | West. Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | No Address. | Whole Borough. | |||||||||
4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
1. Variola or Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 161 | 146 | 65 | 155 | 202 | 147 | 147 | 184 | .. | 1207 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 3 | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 19 |
3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 54 | 81 | 34 | 39 | 57 | 46 | 87 | 60 | .. | 458 | 3 | 5 | .. | 5 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 4 | .. | 30 |
4. Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Entericor Typhoid Fever | 5 | 16 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 2 | 9 | 4 | .. | 44 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 4 |
6. Fever, Simple and Continued | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
7. Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
8. Puerperal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | 7 | 2 | .. | 18 | 1 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
9. Erysipelas | 17 | 28 | 16 | 31 | 39 | 31 | 30 | 30 | 1 | 223 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 9 | |
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
11. Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
12. Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
13. Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
14. Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
16. Polio-Myelitis | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 2 | 1 | 9 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 5 | .. | 34 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 55 | 243 | 276 | 120 | 237 | 311 | 230 | 282 | 287 | 1 | 1990 | 9 | 15 | 3 | 11 | 12 | 8 | 6 | 6 | .. | 70 |
Tuberculosis primary notifications— Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1912, Articles 5 and 6, Forms "A" "B " "C " and " D"; ,, Pulmonary | 110 | 138 | 86 | 112 | 118 | 95 | 97 | 83 | 54 | 893 | 41 | 78 | 32 | 60 | 38 | 41 | 41 | 24 | 10 | 365 |
„ other forms | 17 | 19 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 16 | 21 | 10 | 3 | 121 | 11 | 10 | 3 | 9 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 8 | 1 | 67 |