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St Pancras 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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infected with plague, and one group from an infected port with no disease
specified.
Two outbreaks of glanders in horses were reported during 1914 in stables
in the Borough by the Veterinary Inspector of the London County Council.
In each case the stables were visited but no human cases occurred.
MEASLES.
In the following table are set out the deaths and death.rate from measles for the past ten years for the whole Borough and for the four registration sub.districts:—
| Year. | Deaths. | Bate per 1,000 population. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | South. | East. | North. | Whole Borough. | West. | South. | East. | North. | Whole Borough. | |
| 1904 | 33 | 30 | 31 | 31 | 125 | 0.54 | 0.54 | 0.52 | 0.52 | 0.53 |
| 1905 | 14 | 15 | 23 | 25 | 77 | 0.22 | 0.26 | 0.38 | 0.41 | 0.32 |
| 1906 | 28 | 26 | 30 | 12 | 96 | 0.45 | 0.46 | 0.50 | 0.20 | 0.40 |
| 1907 | 37 | 5 | 33 | 16 | 91 | 0.60 | 0.08 | 0.55 | 0.27 | 0.40 |
| 1908 | 9 | 13 | 5 | 19 | 46 | 0.14 | 0.23 | 0.08 | 0.31 | 0.19 |
| 1909 | 30 | 9 | 30 | 33 | 102 | 0.48 | 016 | 0.50 | 0.55 | 0.43 |
| 1910 | 39 | 21 | 60 | 23 | 143 | 0.65 | 0.37 | 1.00 | 0.38 | 0.60 |
| 1911 | 26 | 28 | 19 | 40 | 113 | 0.42 | 0.50 | 0.32 | 0.68 | 0.47 |
| 1912 | 25 | 11 | 33 | 25 | 94 | 0.41 | 0.24 | 0.58 | 0.43 | 0.42 |
| 1913 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 17 | 36 | 0.13 | 0.10 | 0.10 | 0.29 | 0.16 |
| 1914 | 10 | 10 | 21 | 12 | 53 | 0.17 | 0.22 | 0.36 | 0.19 | 0.24 |
It will be seen that both 1913 and 1914 were favourable years in regard to
measles. In spite of this and of the marked prevalence of scarlet fever and
diphtheria in 1914, the deaths from measles in the year were greater in number
than those from these two diseases together.
Of the 53 deaths, 8 were in children under one year of age, and 50 in
children under five years of age.
The distribution of the deaths in wards is shown in the next table.
Deaths from Measles, 1914.
| West. | sodth. | East. | North | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward. | Ward. | Ward. | Ward. | No Address. | Whole Borough. | ||||||||
| 4 | 5 | Total. | 7 | 8 | Total. | 3 | 6 | Total. | 1 | 2 | Total. | ||
| 7 | 3 | 10 | 1 | 9 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 21 | 4 | 8 | 12 | .. | 53 |