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St Pancras 1921

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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In the accompanying tables (inset) are shown the number of notifications of the notifiable
infectious diseases received in each week of the year, and also the corresponding weekly number
of deaths from these and certain other diseases.

Table: In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years

In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years

Diseases.1912191319141915191619171918191919201921
Variola or Smallpox———————10——
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever5985681,2071,0094482463325588631,713
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup550440458446424451399348747723
Typhus Fever——————————
Enteric or Typhoid Fever2941443638241771828
Fever, Simple or Continued—11—1
Relapsing Fever————————1—
Puerperal Fever201118141895131811
Erysipelas19021022320212012612113412687
Cholera——————————
Plague——————————
Anthrax————1—1———
Glanders————————-—
Hydrophobia——————————
Cerebrospinal Meningitis352402325131064
Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis3938911424
Ophthalmia Neonatorum182334313831403969101
Encephalitis Lethargica.....................3118
Acute Primary Pneumonia.....................86142242
Acute Influenza] Pneumonia.....................21310899
Malaria.....................985818
Dysentery.....................641
Trench Fever.....................1——
Measles............1,8553,6812,1441,0343,0931,149
German Measles............38160931126819581
Chicken-pox.........247......401.........
Tuberculosis—
Pulmonary1,7359288939337358251,034799684546
Other Forms230121150138169203206132153

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