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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 1916

Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1916

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40
WHOOPING COUGII.

Table: In the following table will be found the deaths and death-rate from whooping cough for the past ten years for the whole borougli and for the four registration sub-districts:—

In the following table will be found the deaths and death-rate from whooping cough for the past ten years for the whole borougli and for the four registration sub-districts:—

Year.Deaths.Rate per 1,000 population.
West.South.East.North.No addressWhole BoroughWest.South.East.North.Whole Borough
190618152213..680.290.270.370.210.28
190717192218..760.270.340.370.300.32
190822121617..670.350.210.260.280.28
190926910..270.030.100.150.160.14
19103154115..920.500.080.680.250.38
19111371216..480.220.120.200.260.20
1912614225..470.100.300.380.090.21
191383817..360.130.060.130.290.16
19141111621..490.190.020.270.360.22
1915101315122520.170.290.260.210.24
191613..179..390.22..0.360.160.18

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Of the 39 deaths. 15 were of children under one year of age and 38 of
children under five years of age.
DIARRHŒA AND ENTERITIS.
72 deaths from diarrhoea and enteritis were registered during 1916, equal
to a death-rate of 0.3 per 1,000 population.
Of these 56 were in children under five years of age and 41 in babies
under one.
Reference is made on page 21 to infantile diarrhoea.
SYPHILIS.
In the following table are given the age and sex distribution of deaths
certified during 1916 as due to (a) declared syphilis, (b) locomotor ataxy and
general paralysis of the insane, which are believed by most experts to be late