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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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Table: ISOLATION;The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital, and the Sub-Districts whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table: —

ISOLATION;

The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital, and the Sub-Districts whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table: —

DiseasesRegent's Park.Tottenham Court.Gray's Inn Lane.Somers Town.Camden Town.Kentish Town.Totals.
Small-pox12273144987
Cholera...............
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup504757541585308
Erysipelas......2....2
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever15511510517248381976
Typhus Fever..............
Typhoid or Enteric Fever19121818627100
Relapsing Fever..............
Continued Fever..............
Puerperal Fever......2..13
Totals236176187251835431476

Table: The progressive increase in the number of infectious cases removed to hospital in each year since 1891, advances pari passuwith the provision male by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.

The progressive increase in the number of infectious cases removed to hospital in each year since 1891, advances pari passuwith the provision male by the Metropolitan Asylums Board.

1891189218931894
Small-pox1319587
Diphtheria61252289308
Scarlatina426811885976
Typhoid Fever925671100
Total (of three last)579111912451384

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Infections Hospitals.—According to the Annual Report of the Statistical
Committee, the Metropolitan Asylums Board is erecting or completing three
new hospitals, each to accommodate some 500 fever and diphtheria patients,
in addition to the eight existing fever hospitals, which accommodate 3,340
patients. One, the Brook Hospital, at Shooters Hill, Woolwich, another,
the Park Hospital, at Hither Green, Lewisham, and a third, the Fountain
Hospital, at the Grove, Lower Tooting, are already in occupation. The
existing hospitals of the Board are also undergoing enlargement and more or
less reconstruction. The additional accommodation will raise the number of
beds to about 5,900 for other than small-pox patients. 350 acres of additional
land have also been acquired near the Hospital Ships (300 beds) at