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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 1938

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

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Table: The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable diseasesother than Tuberculosis are classified in the following tableaccording totheWardsin which they occurred:—

The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable diseasesother than Tuberculosis are classified in the following tableaccording totheWardsin which they occurred:—

DISEASES.Notifications.Deaths
Ward.No Address.Whole Borough.Ward.No Address.Whole Borough.
1234567812345678
1. Small-pox——————————————_——_—_
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever658640383325937—333————————___
3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup4060884747452225—374—121211—_8
4. Erysipelas198189118211—86—13————1_5
5. Enteric or Typhoid Fever—12—1—21—7——————11_2
6. Puerperal Fever—2—211_1—7——————————
7- .. Pyrexia54944542—37——————————
8. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis124—1122—13112——1——_5
9. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis——121—1——5——————————
10. Ophthalmia Neonatorum327315—1—22——————————
11. Encephalitis Lethargica——————————1—1——————2
11. Acutc Influenza and Influenzal Pneumonia961225—32—393—i11————6
13. Acute Primary Pneumonia382926211610626—1663——1———1—5
14. Malaria———2——3——5—————————1
15. Dysentery1581057363—63——1——_—1—2
16. Measles3574154340231116470187—23371—33131——12
17. German Measles†3461855243511712—355——————————
18, Food Poisoning—-1—151——8—————————
19, WhoopingCough†253018159925—113——11———1—3
20. Continued Fever————————————————————
Totals61171475*004492332150>°9—39/093'474 |545F5'