Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified during the year 1901, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred, are shown in the following Table :—
Population. | Regent's Park, pop. 51,994. | rottenham Court, pop. 25,038. | Gray's Inn Lane, pop. 31,563. | Somers Town, pop. 30,822. | Camden Town, pop. 38,854. | Kentish Town, pop. 59,844. | Total. |
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Diseases. | |||||||
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Small-pox • • .. !. | 41 | 70 | 37 | 56 | 22 | 12 | 238 |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 216 | 71 | 154 | 123 | 157 | 250 | 971 |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 207 | 56 | 118 | 120 | 180 | 223 | 904 |
Typhus Fever . . | —— | _ - | ■ | ■ | |||
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 29 | 22 | 21 | 39 | 26 | 44 | 181 |
Continued Fever | |||||||
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 13 | |
Cholera | MM | _ | " | —— | - | . | |
Erysipelas | 46 | 20 | 44 | 26 | 68 | 39 | 243 |
Plague | - | - | |||||
Chicken-pox | 33 | 2 | 20 | 24 | 58 | 44 | 181 |
Totals . . | 576 | 242 | 395 | 389 | 513 | 616 | 2731 |
Population. | Regent's Park, pop. 51,991. | Tottenham Court, pop. 25,038. | Gray's Inn Lane, pop. 31,563. | Somers Town, pop. 30,822. | Camden Town, pop. 38,854. | Kentish* Town, pop. 59 844. | Total. |
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Diseases. | |||||||
Small-pox | 6 | 19 | 5 1 | 2 | 3 | 41 | |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 8 | 5 | 4 | 8 | 33 | ||
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 23 | 13 | 14 | 32 | 24 | 109 | |
Typhus Fever | - | - | - | - | |||
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 4 | 3 | 6 | 4 | 4 | 10 | 31 |
Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Puerperal Fever | - ' | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 5 |
Cholera | - | - | - | ||||
Erysipelas | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 3 | 10 |
Plague | - | - | - | ||||
Chicken-pox | - | - | -- | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 42 | - | 34 | 29 | 44 | 51 | 229 |