London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Population | 196,883 | 228,585 | 228,980 | 212,900 | 212,500 | 214,400 | 214,600 | 216,300 | 216,800 | 213,200 | 206,000 | 204,400 | 204,400 | 195,600 | 194,000 | 190,900 | 187,540 | 185,300 | 183,900 | 181,900 | 179,400 | 167,300 | 133,200 | 103,770 | 105,900 | 108,640 | 105,780 | 111,400 | 129,410 | 136,700 | 140,200 | 141,330 |
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| 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1945 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | |
| 1. Acute Influenza and Influenzal Pneumonia | 213 | 108 | 99 | 189 | 40 | 131 | 76 | 60 | 121 | 65 | 208 | 24 | 79 | 68 | 111 | 55 | 44 | 46 | 79 | 39 | 31 | 20 | 38 | 26 | 44 | 34 | 136 | 123 | 97 | 87 | 112 | |
| 2. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 86 | 142 | 242 | 384 | 286 | 293 | 231 | 218 | 178 | 282 | 250 | 170 | 193 | 178 | 211 | 300 | 151 | 182 | 150 | 166 | 168 | 86 | 103 | 89 | 79 | 89 | ||||||
| 3. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 5 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 66 | ||
| 4. Anthrax | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | . 6 |
| 6. Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 399 | 348 | 747 | 723 | 725 | 512 | 623 | 704 | 523 | 390 | 407 | 374 | 568 | 334 | 301 | 363 | 456 | 440 | 487 | 614 | 374 | 157 | 84 | 118 | 101 | 99 | 58 | 104 | 94 | 41 | 37 | 11 |
| 8. Dysentery | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 51 | 57 | 84 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 54 | 31 | 56 | 155 | 92 | 24 | 61 | 66 | |
| 9. Encephalitis Lethargica | (a) | 3 | 11 | 8 | 6 | 45 | 24 | 1 1 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 10. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 7 | 18 | 28 | 14 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| 11. Erysipelas | 121 | 134 | 126 | 87 | 118 | 92 | 108 | 11/ | 80 | 98 | 9/ | 110 | 120 | 96 | 117 | 121 | 156 | 92 | 81 | 64 | 86 | 51 | 50 | 43 | 56 | 72 | 56 | 60 | 53 | 38 | 46 | 37 |
| 12. Food poisoning | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | («) | 16 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 6a | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 |
| 13. German Measles | 311 | 268 | 195 | 81 | 253 | 134 | 270 | 877 | 143 | 60 | 83 | 1074 | 116 | 68 | 65 | 486 | 191 | 143 | 78 | 120 | 355 | (/) | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14. Malaria | (c) | 98 | 58 | 18 | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | J | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 51 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | _ | ___ | _ | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | — | ||
| 15. Measles | 2144 | 1034 | 3093 | 1 149 | 3728 | 327 | 4332 | 1233 | 3734 | 417 | 3876 | 591 | 3476 | 430 | 2865 | 437 | 3638 | 120 | 2975 | 638 | 2337 | 85 | 285 | 616 | 1492 | 1082 | 798 | 1025 | 1115 | 902 | 1361 | 1146 |
| 16. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 40 | 39 | 69 | 101 | 59 | 51 | 52 | 37 | 43 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 45 | 74 | 42 | 33 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 19 |
| 17. Puerperal Fever | 5 | 13 | 18 | 1 1 | 11 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 6 | |
| 18. Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 13 | 47 | 40 | 71 | 52 | 38 | 46 | 45 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 34 | 47 | 35 | 34 | 15 | |
| 19. Relapsing Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 20. Scabies | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 546 | 931 | 887 | 699 | 300 | 138 | 65 | |
| Fever | 332 | 558 | 863 | 1713 | 1156 | 487 | 759 | 651 | 432 | 527 | 618 | 668 | 659 | 435 | 517 | 653 | 705 | 354 | 434 | 364 | 333 | 253 | 100 | 136 | 173 | 408 | 184 | 245 | 244 | 124 | 132 | 181 |
| 22. Smallpox | — | 10 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 3 | 87 | 175 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| 23. Typhus | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — |
| 24. Whooping Cough | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | 526 | 45 | 342 | 480 | 439 | 575 | 183 | 511 | 484 | 363 | 320 |
Notes—(a) Encephalitis lethargica notifiable from 1st January, 1919.
(b) Acute primary and acute influenzal pneumonia notifiable from March, 1919.
(c) Malaria and dysentery notifiable from 1st March, 1919.
(d) Puerperal pyrexia notifiable from 1st October, 1926.
(f) Food poisoning notifiable from 12th July, 1932.
(g) Whooping cofigh notifiable and German measles ceased to be notifiable from 1st October, 1938.
(h) Scabies notifiable from 1st August, 1943.
(i) Puerperal fever ceased to be notifiable from October, 1948.