Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[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. Ward | South Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | No Address. | Whole Borough. | West. Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | No Address. | Whole Borough | |||||||||
4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||||
1. Variola or Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 49 | 23 | 16 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 55 | 39 | .. | 246 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 4 |
3. Diphtheria and M embranous Croup | 59 | 79 | 31 | 41 | 47 | 53 | 77 | 64 | .. | 451 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 5 | .. | 25 |
4. Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
5. Entericor Typhoid Fever | 1 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 3 | .. | 24 | .. | .. | 1 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 6 |
6. Fever, Simple and Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
7. lielapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
8. Puerperal Fever | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | .. | 9 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 5 |
9. Erysipelas | 13 | 15 | 11 | 17 | 13 | 14 | 34 | 9 | .. | 12 | 7 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 3 |
10. Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
11. Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
12. Anthrax | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
13. Glanders | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
14. Hydrophobia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
15. Cerebrospinal Meningitis* | 3 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 1 | .. | 25 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 2 | 1 | .. | 16 |
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 1 | .. | 31 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 55 | 129 | 128 | 70 | 102 | 94 | 89 | 183 | 118 | .. | 913 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 6 | 13 | 8 | .. | 59 |
8o | 118 | 71 | 113 | 110 | 90 | 78 | 71 | 94 | 825 | 31 | 48 | 22 | 51 | 46 | 54 | 42 | 34 | 25 | 353 | |
„ other forms | 21 | 22 | 7 | 25 | 29 | 26 | 15 | 16 | 8 | 169 | 12 | 18 | .. | 11 | 13 | 13 | 10 | 12 | 2 | 91 |
Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915— Measles | 443 | 568 | 215 | 362 | 706 | 509 | 582 | 296 | .. | 3681 | 11 | 24 | 1 | 16 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 15 | 1 | 118 |
German Measles | 86 | 70 | 78 | 95 | 72 | 20 | 135 | 53 | .. | 600 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
* This figure includes 3 deaths from Posterior Basic Meningitis.