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St Pancras 1928
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Address where offence committed. | Offence. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| 263, Great College Street | Selling Cream with which had been mixed Boric Acid | 1928. Oct. 18th ,. | Fined £5, costs £2 2s. |
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| Address where offence committed. | Offence. | Date of Hearing of Summons. | Result of Proceedings. |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cromer Street | Delivering milk in bottles which were not filled and closed on registered premises | 1928 Dec 11th | Dismissed on payment of costs, £2 2s. |
| Do. | Do. do. | „ | Fined £2 (second conviction) |
Wholesale Dealers in Margarine.—One certificate of registration under the provisions
of the Sale of Food and Drugs Acts was issued during the year.
Section VI.—PREVALENCE OF, AND CONTROL OVER, INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
NOTIFIABLE INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The undermentioned diseases are compulsorily notifiable in St. Pancras : —
Small Pox (Variola)
Scarlet Fever (Scarlatina)
Diphtheria and Membr. Croup
Cholera
Erysipelas
Puerperal Fever
Puerperal Pyrexia
Acute Polioencephalitis
Encephalitis Lethargica
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Measles
German Measles
Plague
Typhus Fever
Enteric or Typhoid Fever
Continued Fever
Relapsing Fever
Glanders
Anthrax
Hydrophobia
Tuberculosis (all forms)
Cerebrospinal Meningitis
(Cerebrospinal Fever)
Acute Anterior Poliomyelitis
Acute primary pneumonia
Acute influenzal pneumonia
Malaria
Dysentery
As compared with the previous year there was a slight increase in the number of cases
of Scarlet Fever and Diphtheria; other notifiable diseases shewed no undue prevalence, with
the exception of Measles, a severe outbreak of which occurred in the first quarter of the year.