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 1950
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| Disease | Notifications | Diagnosis subsequently revised | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 and over | Totals | ||||||
| 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | 1949 | 1950 | |
| Acute Influenzal and Acute Primary Pneumonia | 1 | 1 | 111 | 93 | 112 | 94 | 1 | - |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 8 | - | 58 | 26 | 66 | 26 | 21 | 6 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 6 | 1 | — |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 2 | — | 9 | 8 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 3 | 60 | 41 | 66 | 44 | 1 | 1 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | 5 | — | 5 | — | 2 |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 37 | 30 | 37 | 31 | 1 | 2 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | — | 11 | 41 | 12 | 41 | — | — |
| Malaria | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 65 | 39 | 1,081 | 1,018 | 1,146 | 1,057 | 5 | .3 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 19 | — | — | — | 19 | 16 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 15 | 15 | 15 | 15 | — | — |
| Scabies | — | — | 65 | 48 | 65 | 48 | — | — |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 2 | — | 179 | 190 | 181 | 190 | 9 | 11 |
| Smallpox | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 45 | 39 | 275 | 393 | 320 | 432 | 4 | 9 |
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