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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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member of the staff be absent from duty on account of sickness No further case
of parrot disease occurred amongst the remaining birds in the stores, nor was
any member of the staff taken ill.
Removal to Hospital
Removal to hospital in certain circumstances of cases of Chicken-pox,
German Measles, Measles, Mumps and Scarlet Fever may be effected by telephoning
to the Public Health Department (TERminus 7070).
In the case of other infectious diseases application should be made direct
to the Emergency Bed Service (HOP. 7181).
NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1954 (with 1953 comparison)
| Disease | Notifications | Diagnosis Subsequently revised | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under l | 1 and over | Totals | ||||||
| 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | 1953 | 1954 | |
| Acute influenzal and Acute Primary Pneumonia | 4 | 1 | 99 | 62 | 103 | 63 | 2 | |
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | 35 | 4 | 36 | 5 | 14 | 1 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | - | - | 8 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Dysentery | 16 | 9 | 145 | 162 | 161 | 171 | 8 | 2 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | - | - | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | - | 1 |
| Erysipelas | - | - | 26 | 18 | 26 | 18 | 1 | 1 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | 2 | 29 | 78 | 30 | 80 | - | - |
| Malaria | - | - | 11 | 5 | 11 | 5 | - | - |
| Measles | 74 | 13 | 1,297 | 385 | 1. 371 | 398 | 5 | 2 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 1 | - |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 7 | 3 | - | - | 7 | 3 | - | - |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | 100 | 81 | 100 | 81 | - | - |
| Scabi es | - | - | 45 | 36 | 45 | 36 | - | - |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 180 | 85 | 182 | 86 | 6 | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 36 | 14 | 349 | 94 | 385 | 108 | 3 | 1 |