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 1954
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | 1954 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | |
| Whooping cough | 5 | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | |
| Influenza | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Cerebro spinal fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | _ | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | ||
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | . | |
| Tuberculosis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | . | _ | 1 | _ | 1 | 1 | _ | _ | _ | |
| Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | _ | 2 | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | - | _ | 1 | _ | - | |||
| Convulsions | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | |
| Bronchi tis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 | 3 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | 13 | 16 | - | 10 | 10 | 20 | - | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | _ | 1 | « |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 6 | |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea | 30 | 29 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 1 |
| Congenital malformations | 11 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 | 7 |
| Premature birth | 30 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 5 |
| Injury at birth | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 | 4 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 7 |
| Haemorrhage from umbilicus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | • - | ||
| Lack of care of newborn | 1 | - | . | 3 | - | 1 | _ | _ | 2 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | 1 | _ | - |
| Violence | 9 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | _ | 1 | _ | _ | - | |||
| Mikulier's disease | - | - | 1 | - | . | - | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Maternal toxaemia | - | . | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | 2 | _ | _ | 1 |
| Melaena neonatorum | . | - | 1 | - | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | |
| Icterus gravis | - | - | 1 | - | . | _ | _ | _ | _ | 4 | _ | _ | _ | _ | _ | - |
| Septicaemia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | . | 1 | _ | _ | _ | _ | - | ||
| Bacillary dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | «. | _ | - | |
| Intussusception | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - . | - | |
| Haemolytic disease of newborn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| Infanticide | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Meconium Ileus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Peritonitis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Thymic enlargement | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Other diseases peculiar to first | ||||||||||||||||
| year of life | - | - | - | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - | - |
| Other causes | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | - | 5 | |
| Totals | 114 | 108 | 74 | 117 | 130 | 123 | 86 | 96 | 95 | 91 | 70 | 67 | 56 | 56 | 52 | 39 |