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St Pancras 1934

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

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The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable diseases other than Tuberculosis are classified in the following table according to the Wards in which they occurred:—

DISEASES.Notifications.Deaths.
Ward.Whole BoroughWard.Whole Borough
1234| 567812345678
1. Small-pox------------------
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever106931439787602990705-------11
3 Diphtheria and Membranous Croup6357908258451645456634-31--17
4. Entericor Typhoid Fever4--1--1-6---------
5. Puerperal Fever1-14431-14--2--1--3
6. ,, Pyrexia41843-1627---------
7. Erysipelas24173023151572215612312-21*13
8. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis---121--4----121-4
9. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis----11--2--1-----1
10. Ophthalmia Neonatorum3365624433----1---1
11. Encephalitis Lethargica-1------1---------
12. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia8885993555---------
13. Acute Primary Pneumonia3538373734482050†304---------
14. Malaria--1-122-529--1-----1
15. Dysentery--1---27230---------
16. Measles6084676974725564399830136382471454532
17. German Measles359331943131524191---------
18. Food Poisoning-382151222--------||-
Totals89169710637528206632235565669991821197773

‡For Pneumonia deaths, see Table on page 27.
|| 1 case of Food Poisoning died—Death allocated to Cholelithiasis.
†4 cases—"Homeless" (3 Erysipelas, i Primary Pneumonia)
* 1 death—"Homeless."