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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 1892
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES. NOTIFICATION. The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified to your Medical Officer of Health during the year 1892, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred, are shown in the following table:—
| Population—1891 Census. | Regent's Park, pop. 36,592. | Tottenham Court, pop. 26,319. | Gray's Inn Lane, pop, 27,448, | Somers Town, pop. 32,841. | Camden Town, pop. 15,461. | Kentish Town, pop. 95,775. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Diseases. | |||||||
| Small-Pox | • • | 7 | 3 | 15 | • • | 6 | 31 |
| Cholera | • • | 1 | 1 | • • | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 56 | 45 | 51 | 67 | 32 | 181 | 432 |
| Erysipelas | 45 | 37 | 64 | 55 | 99 | 126 | 426 |
| Scarlatina, or Scarlet Fever | 134 | 91 | 293 | 271 | 69 | 421 | 1279 |
| Typhus Fever | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • |
| Typhoid, or Enteric Fever | 11 | 17 | 19 | 12 | 6 | 54 | 119 |
| Relapsing Fever | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • | • • |
| Continued Fever | 1 | 1 | . . | • • | • • | 1 | 3 |
| Puerperal Fever | • • | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 17 | 27 |
| Totals | 247 | 202 | 432 | 423 | 210 | 808 | 2322 |
The total number of cases is 794 in. excess of the number notified in the
previous year. The number of cases certified as Cholera and as Continued Fever
were fewer; but the cases of Erysipelas, Puerperal Fever, and Small-Pox were
more numerous than last year; whereas the prevalence of Typhoid fell from 217
cases in the previous year to 119 in 1892, that of Diphtheria (including Membranous
Croup) and Scarlatina rose from 298 and 621 to 432 and 1279 cases
respectively, the former nearly, and the latter more, than double in number.
The total cost of notification during 1892 was £246.