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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 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The number of cases of the compulsorily notifiable infectious diseases that have been notified during 1915 is shown in the table below, where they are also classified according to ages. The figures have not been corrected for subsequent revisions of diagnosis.
| DISEASES. | At all Ages. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1. | I and under 5. | 5 and under 10. | 10 and under 15. | 15 and under 25. | 25 and under 65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| 1. VarioJa or Small-pox | — | - | - | - | - | — | - | - |
| 2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 1009 | 16 | 297 | 425 | 165 | 74 | 32 | - |
| 3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 446 | 10 | 143 | 173 | 52 | 33 | 35 | - |
| 4. Typhus Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| 5. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 36 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 16 | 15 | - |
| 6. Fever, Simple or Continued | — | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| 7. Relapsing Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| 8. Puerperal Fever | 14 | — | — | — | - | 8 | 6 | - |
| 9.Erysiperal | 202 | 11 | 15 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 126 | 22 |
| 10. Cholera | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| 11. Flague | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| 12. Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| 13. Glanders | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | - |
| 14. Hydrophobia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 40 | 5 | 10 | 9 | 8 | 5 | 3 | — |
| l6. Polio-Myelitis | 8 | — | 8 | — | — | — | - | — |
| 17, Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 31 | 30 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| *18. Chicken pox | 247 | 27 | 75 | 124 | 13 | 5 | 3 | — |
| Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Sec. 55 | 2033 | 99 | 550 | 742 | 249 | 151 | 220 | 22 |
| Tuberculosis—Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1912, Primary Notifications on Forms "A," "B," " C & D": Pulmonary | 933 | 2 | 11 | 50 | 60 | 133 | 641 | 36 |
| Do. other Forms | 150 | 14 | 3° | 37 | 22 | 18 | 22 | 7 |
*The notification of Chicken-pox was, by an order of the London County Council dated 10th
March, 1915, made compulsory from March 17th to 10th June inclusive.