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St Pancras 1916

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916

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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.
4578361245783612
1. Variola or Small-pox......................................
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever7542194283565675..4481......2311..
3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup5451144960518065..42424..24551..
4. Typhus Fever......................................
5. Enteric or Typhoid Fever2894..96....38..31....1......
6. Fever, Simple and Continued....1............1..................
7. Relapsing Fever......................................
8. Puerperal Fever41114133..18..2....1..1....
9. Erysipelas716992827149112011........1....
10. cholera......................................
11. Plague......................................
12. Anthrax......1..........1..................
13. Glanders......................................
14. Hydrophobia......................................
15. Cerebrospinal Meningitis21173522..23......42321..
16. Anterior Poliomyelitis21..1..221..9......1..........
17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum646117112..38..................
Total under Public Health (London) Act, 1891, Section 55152124601251851521641571112041017912103..
Tuberculosis primary notifications- Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations 1912, Primary notifications on Forms "A " " B " "C " and " D „ Pulmonary97965910811185735947735415628584128422917
„ other forms151413151828161541381294117131791
Public Health (Measles and German Measles) Regulations, 1915— Measles324230532311829232541621855742436214..
German Measles74443710030135825..381..................