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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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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;—

Diseases.Regent's Park.Tottenham Court.Gray's Inn Lane.Somers Town.Camden Town.Kentish Town.Total.
Small-Pox7315631
Cholera..11..l..3
Diphtheria or Membranous Croup402732432585252
Erysipelas2105U4739
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever1057217819857201811
Typhus Fever..............
Typhoid or Enteric Fever8125642156
Relapsing Fever..............
Continued Fever..............
Puerperal Fever..2........2
155131224273913201194

Table: But when the numbers for the individual diseases are compared the results appear differently, as the following tables will show:—

But when the numbers for the individual diseases are compared the results appear differently, as the following tables will show:—

1892.Cases Notified.Cases Removed.Remova's per cent.
Small-pox3131100
Diphteria43225258.3
Scarlatina127981163.4
Scarlatina1195647.0
Total (of three last)1861115061.1