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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 1926
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases other than Tuberculosis are classified in the following table according to the Wards in which they occurred:—
| INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward. | Whole Borough. | Ward. | Whole Borough | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| 1. Variola or Small-pox | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | —- | _ |
| 2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 57 | 58 | 99 | 58 | 39 | 42 | 27 | 52 | 432 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 75 | 76 | 86 | 61 | 98 | 42 | 13 | 72 | 523 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 12 |
| 4. Entericor Typhoid Fever | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 5. Puerperal Fever | — | 1 | 5 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 14 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 6. ,, Pyrexia | — | — | 4 | 4 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. Erysipelas | 11 | 6 | 14 | 7 | 13 | 10 | 2 | 17 | 80 | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 8 |
| 8. Anthrax | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 9. Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 3 | |
| 11. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 7 | 4 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 6 | 9 | 43 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 12. Encephalitis Lethargica | 6 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | 11 | 1 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 5 |
| 13. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 31 | 16 | 50 | 21 | 31 | 42 | 2 | 25 | 218 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 8 | 6 | 9 | 6 | 14 | 4 | 3 | 10 | 60 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15. Malaria | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 |
| 16. Dysentery | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 4 |
| 17. Measles | 439 | 143 | 746 | 514 | 713 | 479 | 72 | 228 | 3734 | 7 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 18 | 3 | 7 | 65 |
| 18. German Measles | 27 | 10 | 16 | 21 | 30 | 7 | 18 | 14 | 143 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Totals | 665 | 622 | 1037 | 706 | 953 | 634 | 246 | 434 | 5297 | 14 | 11 | 18 | 12 | 14 | 19 | 7 | 11 | 106 |