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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 following table will be found the deaths and death-rate from whooping cough for the past ten years for the whole Borough and for the four registration sub-districts:—
| Year. | Deaths. | Rate per 1,000 population. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | South. | East. | North. | Whole Borough. | West. | South. | North. | East. | Whole Borough. | |
| 1904 | 20 | 20 | 15 | 24 | 79 | 0.32 | 0.36 | 0.25 | 0.40 | 0.33 |
| 1905 | 15 | 17 | 31 | 17 | 80 | 0.24 | 0.39 | 0.51 | 0.28 | 0.33 |
| 1906 | 18 | 15 | 22 | 13 | 68 | 0.29 | 0.27 | 0.37 | 0'21 | 0.28 |
| 1907 | 17 | 19 | 22 | 18 | 76 | 0.27 | 0.34 | 0.37 | 0.30 | 0.32 |
| 1908 | 22 | 12 | 16 | 17 | 67 | 0.35 | 0.21 | 0.26 | 0.28 | 0.28 |
| 1909 | 2 | 6 | 9 | 10 | 27 | 0.03 | 0.10 | 0.15 | 0.16 | 0.14 |
| 1910 | 13 | 5 | 41 | 15 | 92 | 0.50 | 0.08 | 0.68 | 0.25 | 0.38 |
| 1911 | 31 | 7 | 12 | 16 | 48 | 0.22 | 0.12 | 0.20 | 0.26 | 0.20 |
| 1912 | 6 | 14 | 22 | 5 | 47 | 0.10 | 0.30 | 0.38 | 0.09 | 0.21 |
| 1913 | 8 | 3 | 8 | 17 | 36 | 0.13 | 0.06 | 0.13 | 0.29 | 0.16 |
| 1914 | 11 | 1 | 16 | 21 | 49 | 0.19 | 0.02 | 0.27 | 0.36 | 0.22 |
Of the 49 deaths, 23 were of children under one year of age and 49 of
children under five years of age.
42 of the deaths took place during the first six months of the year, the
disease being less prevalent in the latter half (see table inset at page 27).
The ward distribution of the deaths is shown in the next table: —
Deaths from Whooping Cough, 1914.
| West. | Sooth.. | East. | North. | No Address. | Whole Borough. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward. | Total. | Ward. | Total. | Ward. | Total. | Ward. | Total. | ||||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||||||
| 3 | 8 | 11 | .. | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 | 16 | 10 | 11 | 21 | .. | 49 |
Much of what is stated in the preceding section in reference to measles
applies also to whooping cough.
DIARRIICEA AND ENTERITIS.
142 deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis were registered during 1914, equal
to a death.rate of 0.60 per 1,000 population.
Of these 127 were in children under five years of age and 106 in babies
under one.
Reference is made on page 43 to infantile diarrhoea.