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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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Particulars about the individual cases are given in the following table:—
| Date of Notification. 1914. | Name. | Age and Sex. | Date of Onset. 1914. | Subdivision of Boro'. | Removal to Hospital. 1914. | Muscles affected. | Result. | Remarks. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 16th June | W—H | M. 3/12 | 11th June | S.1 in (Ward 8) | No. | Left leg. | Died 9th Sept. | Death took place in Infants Hospital, and was certified as due to intestinal toxaemia." Original diag nosis doubtful. Notified by private practitioner. |
| 25th Aug. | O-P— | F. 2 | 13th Aug | S.4 in (Ward 7) | Children's Hospital, Great Orhiond Street. 21st Aug. | Both legs. | Partly recovered : Degree of recovery unknown. | Partly lost sight of. Notified by doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital. |
| lst. Oct. | A-H- | M. 5 | Early in Aug. | N.4 in (Ward | Children's Hospital, Great Ormond Street. 28th Sept. | Intercostal muscles and legs. | Permanent curative of vpine. | Notified by doctor at Great Ormond Street Hospital. |
EPIDEMIC CEREBROSPINAL MENINGITIS.
3 cases of this disease (including one of Posterior Basic Meningitis) were
notified during 1914.
Of these two cases were fatal, and the other case was left deaf and dumb by
the illness.
Careful inquiries were made in each case, and no source of infection or
relation between the cases was discovered.
Since epidemic cerebro-spinal meningitis was made notifiable the number of cases notified year by year in St. Pancras and in London as a whole, have been as follows:—
| St. Pancras. | County of London. | |
|---|---|---|
| 1907 (from 12th March) | 5 | 136 |
| 1908 | 5 | 85 |
| 1909 | 6 | 111 |
| 1910 | 10 | 115 |
| 1911 | 7 | 101 |
| 1912 | 3 | 105 |
| 1913 | 5 | 92 |
| 1914 | 3 | 73 |