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St Pancras 1917

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

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The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases, are classified in the following table according to their Wards and Registration Sub-Districts:—

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.notifications.deaths.
West. WardSouth WardEast. WardNorth. WardNo Address.Whole Borough.West. WardSouth. WardEast. WardNorth. WardNo Address.Whole Borough
4578361245783612
1. Variola or Small-pox........................................
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever4923163220125539..246......1....21..4
3. Diphtheria and M embranous Croup5979314147537764..45123214265..25
4. Typhus Fever........................................
5. Entericor Typhoid Fever13453323..24....12..2..1..6
6. Fever, Simple and Continued........................................
7. lielapsing Fever........................................
8. Puerperal Fever111..1..41..9....1..2..2....5
9. Erysipelas131511171314349..127....1....1....3
10. Cholera........................................
11. Plague........................................
12. Anthrax........................................
13. Glanders........................................
14. Hydrophobia........................................
15. Cerebrospinal Meningitis*34146241..251122..221..16
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis........1........1....................
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum33633571..31....................
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 55129128701029489183118..9134467116138..59
Tuberculosis—Public Health (Tuber culosis) Regulations 1912, Primary notifications on Forms "A" "B" "C"and "D" Pulmonary8o1187111311090787194825314822514654423425353
„ other forms21227252926151681691218..1113131012291
Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915— Measles443568215362706509582296..36811124116112118151118
German Measles86707895722013553..600......1..........1

* This figure includes 3 deaths from Posterior Basic Meningitis.