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St Pancras 1915
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Other statistical facts in regard to the disease will he found on pp. 20-22.
The 36 persons notified were treated as follows:—
| Cases notified. | Not Typhoid. | Diagnosis not contradicted. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| In hospitals of the M.A.B. | 19 | 12 | 7 |
| In other public hospitals | 13 | 0 | 13 |
| In their own homes | 4 | 0 | 4 |
| 36 | 12 | 24 |
The following are the results of inquiries into possible sources of infection
in the 16 civil cases:—
Arrived in St. Pancras already ill 2
History of having eaten shell-fish a few days before the
onset of illness (oysters, 2; periwinkles, 1: cockles,
1; crab and lobster, 1) 5
No source traced 1
In no instance was there more than one case in a house, and no evidence was
found of the spread of the disease by means of "carriers," or through the
agency of milk.
Bacteriological Examinations.—20 specimens of blood of St. Pancras patients
were examined by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine for the Widal
reaction of typhoid fever at the expense of the Borough. Of these 7 gave
positive results, and 13 negative results.
ANTERIOR POLIO-MYELITIS.
• 8 cases of Anterior Polio-Myelitis were notified during 1915.
The following table, constructed to show the seasonal prevalence of the disease, indicates the quarter of the year in which notified cases have occurred since the disease was made notifiable :—
| ST. PANCRAS. | COUNTY OF LONDON. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1st quarter. | 2nd quarter. | 3rd quarter. | 4th quarter. | Total. | 1st quarter. | 2nd quarter. | 3rd quarter. | 4th quarter. | Total. | |
| 1911 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 41 | .. |
| 1912 | 0 | 0 | 3 | 0 | 3 | 19 | 22 | 69 | 24 | 134 |
| 1913 | 0 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 9 | 9 | 22 | 60 | 55 | 146 |
| (June) | ||||||||||
| 1914 | 0 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 56 | 24 | 93 |
| (June) | ||||||||||
| 1915 | 0 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 8 | 11 | 11 | 36 | 31 | 89 |