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St Pancras 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Section VI.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
With the exception of Measles, all notifiable diseases were much less prevalent than
during the previous year.
The following table gives the number of cases notified, the number of deaths which
occurred, and the number of patients admitted to hospital during 1926. The notifications
have not been corrected for any subsequent revision of diagnosis:—
Notifiable; Diseases (other than Tuberculosis).
| DISEASES. | NOTIFICATIONS. | Total all Ages. | DEATHS. | Total all Ages. | Number of Cases admitted to Hospital. | ||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | At Ages—Years. | ||||||||||||||||
| Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to 65. | 65 upwards. | Under 1. | 1 to 5. | 5 to 10. | 10 to 15. | 15 to 25. | 25 to65 | 65 upwards. | ||||
| 1. Variola or Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 4 | 139 | 167 | 63 | 37 | 21 | — | 432 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 426 |
| 3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 8 | 147 | 204 | 83 | 43 | 37 | 1 | 523 | 1 | 7 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 12 | 510 |
| 4. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 1 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 14 |
| 5. Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 4 | 10 | — | 14 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 12 |
| 6. Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 6 | 7 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 11 |
| 7. Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 49 | 18 | 80 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 8 | 51 |
| 8. Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 9. Cerebrospinal Meningitis | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 |
| 10. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 1 |
| 11. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | 1 | 1 | — | 3 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | 8 | |
| 13. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 17 | 52 | 24 | 8 | 13 | 89 | 15 | 218 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 114 |
| 14. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | — | 4 | 4 | 1 | 8 | 40 | 3 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 25 |
| 15. Malaria | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 3 | 2 |
| 16. Dysentery | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | 4 | 2 |
| 17. Measles | 260 | 2008 | 1367 | 54 | 25 | 20 | — | 3734 | 25 | 38 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 65 | 371 |
| 18. German Measles | 14 | 39 | 55 | 14 | 15 | 6 | — | 143 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 7 |