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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table II.
MEASLES.
| Year. | Incidence Rate per 1000 Population. | Mortality Rate per 1000 Cases. | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Quarters of Year. | Total. | Quarters of Year. | Total. | |||||||
| 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | 1st | 2nd | 3rd | 4th | |||
| 1933 | .4 | .9 | .7 | 2.2 | 25.9 | — | 14.5 | — | 9.2 | |
| 1932 | 39 | 9.8 | .8 | .3 | 14.8 | 10.7 | 8.4 | 18.5 | — | 9.4 |
| 1931 | .7 | .9 | .3 | .3 | 2.2 | 7.4 | 5.4 | — | — | 4.7 |
| 1930 | 6.5 | 9.5 | .9 | .2 | 17.1 | 9.7 | 7.8 | 17.5 | — | 8.9 |
| 1929 | 1.3 | 1.2 | .3 | .2 | 3.0 | 19.4 | 8.3 | — | — | 11.8 |
| 1928 | 11.0 | 7.1 | .5 | .1 | 18.8 | 20.7 | 52.8 | 19.6 | — | 32.7 |
| 1927 | .2 | .7 | .5 | .7 | 20 | — | 13.9 | 20.4 | 7.0 | 12.0 |
| 1926 | 12.3 | 4.5 | .3 | .1 | 17.1 | 12.3 | 30.8 | 14.9 | 50.0 | 17.4 |
| 1925 | 1.5 | 1.6 | .8 | 1.8 | 5.7 | — | — | 6.1 | 5.0 | 2.4 |
TETANUS.
Although this is not a "Notifiable Disease," it is of interest to note that one case
occurred in the Borough. A boy, aged 9, developed symptoms which resembled those of
Cerebro Spinal Meningitis. He was sent into a Special Hospital at once, but died within a
few hours of admission. A Post Mortem examination proved the case to have been one of
Tetanus and the infection had followed an extraction for dental caries.