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 notification of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases, are classified in the following tables, according to their Wards and Registration Sub-Districts:—
INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
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 .. | 100 | 130 | 44 | 61 | 169 | 250 | 132 | 123 | .. | 1009 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 22 |
3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 51 | 78 | 33 | 50 | 62 | 44 | 65 | 63 | .. | 446 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | .. | 24 |
4. Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Entericor Typhoid Fever | 7 | 4 | 9 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 2 | .. | 36 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 8 |
6. Fever, Simple and Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
7. Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
8. Puerperal Fever | 3 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 | 1 | 3 | 2 | .. | 14 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | • • | 1 | 2 | •• | 5 |
9. Erysipelas | 34 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 25 | 36 | 26 | 23 | .. | 202 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | •• | 11 |
10.Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
11.Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
12.Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
13.Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
14.Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15. Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 6 | 3 | 7 | .. | 40 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 4 | •• | 24 |
16. Polio-Mvelitis | 1 | 3 | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 3 | 8 | 6 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
18. *Chicken-pox | 13 | 14 | 5 | 21 | 57 | 49 | 50 | 38 | .. | 247 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 55 | 217 | 260 | 118 | 165 | 334 | 392 | 286 | 261 | .. | 2033 | 7 | 15 | 8 | 8 | 20 | 9 | 12 | 15 | 1 | 95 |
Tuberculosis primary notifications— Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations1912, Articles 5 and 6, Forms "A" "B" "C" and "D"; ,, Pulmonary | 125 | 117 | 82 | 116 | 102 | 106 | 121 | 80 | 84 | 933 | 64 | 55 | 29 | 48 | 55 | 41 | 45 | 38 | 23 | 398 |
„ other forms | 8 | 20 | 5 | 20 | 14 | 43 | 19 | 12 | 9 | 1501 | 18 | 16 | 7 | 9 | 11 | 15 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 102 |
* The notification of Chicken-pox was, by an order of the London County Council dated 10th March, 1915, made compulsory
from March 17th to June 10th inclusive.