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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 1894
Thirty-ninth annual report of the Medical Officer of Health on the vital and sanitary condition of the Borough of Saint Pancras, London
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III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS.
The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified to your Medical Officer of Health during the year 1894, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred, arc shown in the following table: —
| Population—1891 Census. | Regent's Park, pop. 36,592. | Tottenham Court, pop. 26,319. | Gray's Inn Lane, pop. 27,418. | Somers Town, pop. 32,811. | Camden Town, pop. 15,461. | Kentish Town, pop. 95,775. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases. | |||||||
| Small-pox | 14 | 2 | 8 | 3 | 14 | 54 | 95 |
| Cholera | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
| Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 72 | 66 | 76 | 69 | 24 | 195 | 502 |
| Erysipelas | 35 | 41 | 47 | 66 | 119 | 162 | 470 |
| Scarlatina, or Scarlet Fever | 198 | 130 | 135 | 194 | 63 | 525 | 1255 |
| Typhus Fever | . . | , . | . . | . . | . . | . . | . . |
| Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 30 | 20 | 30 | 24 | 11 | 73 | 188 |
| Relapsing Fever | . . | . . | . . | . , | . , | 1 | 1 |
| Continued Fever | . , | . , | . , | . , | . , | 2 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | 2 | . , | . , | 2 | 1 | 6 | 11 |
| Totals | 51 | 259 | 297 | 368 | 232 | 1018 | 2525 |
The total number of cases notified was 1,651 less than in the previous year.
The number of scarlet fever cases fell from 2,457 to 1,255, diphtheria cases
from 732 to 502, and erysipelas cases from 678 to 470.
The following table shows the seasonal variation in the prevalence of tho
notifiable diseases from week to week throughout the year.