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St Pancras 1952

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

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Table: Tuberculosis Register. The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1952:—

Tuberculosis Register. The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1952:—

PulmonaryNon-PulmonaryTotal
Number of cases on the Register at the commencement of the year1,3962111,607
Number of new cases during the year33536371
1,7312471,978
Number of cases removed from the Register during the year (by death or other causes)33353386
Number of cases remaining on the Register at the end of the year1,3981941,592

Table: Bacteriological Examinations. To aid in diagnosis and to detect contact or carrier cases, the borough council provides bacteriological diagnosis free of charge in connection with certain diseases. This work is carried out either by Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C.I.

Bacteriological Examinations. To aid in diagnosis and to detect contact or carrier cases, the borough council provides bacteriological diagnosis free of charge in connection with certain diseases. This work is carried out either by Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C.I.

PositiveNegativeTotal
Diphtheria9192201
Dysentery132942
Food Poisoning12719
Hæmolytic Streptococci246
Paratyphoid Fever—33
Pathogenic organisms—2626
Tuberculosis23133
Typhoid Fever—44
Totals38296334