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St Pancras 1901

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: Cases of Small-pox certified each we°-k since the beginning of August,1901,in St. Pancras.

Cases of Small-pox certified each we°-k since the beginning of August,1901,

in St. Pancras.

No. ofWeek.Week ending.Total Certified.Returned—Not Smnll-pox.AtallAge.* .At Ages—Years.AllLondon from theM.A.B.Returns.
Under 1.1 and under5.5 and under 10.10 and under15.15 and under25.25 andunder65.65 andup-wa rd s
1901.—— ■
32nd10th August3• •3• •• •2l• •• •5
33rd17th August1• •l• •l• •• •• •• •• •7
34th24th August16i15• •l2426*2
35th31st August29• •29• •• •141113• •60
36th7th Sept. ..10l9* •• •135• •27
37th14th Sept. ..24• •2422578• •53
38th21st Sept. . .10l92i123• •37
39th28th Sept. ..835• •1• •X• •3• •41
40th5th October853• •1• •• •11• •44
41st12th October1• •1• •• •• •• •• •1• •28
42nd19tli October10• •10• •• •334• •48
43rd26th October716• *• •• •• •24• •55
44th2nd Nov. . .11110• •• •• •45• •173
45th9th Nov. . .5• •5• •• •• •• •• •5• •64
46 th16th Nov. . .14• •14• •12146• •104
47th23rd Nov. . .13112• •2• •• •46• •140
48th30th Nov. . .11110• •• •118• •105
49th7th Dec.181172• •1• •310l163
50th14th Dec. . .13• •131• »1137• •118
51st21st Dec. . .23• •232131610160
52nd28th Dec. .. 1902.19• •19122239• •216
1st4th Jan.291281122814• •250

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It was apparent at an early stage of the outbreak that mild and modified
cases were spreading the disease. Some because they were regarded as of no
consequence and medical advice was not sought, others because the relatives
formed their own opinions that the person was only suffering from a harmless
eruption and did not require medical treatment, others again, because when
advice was sought they were regarded by some medical practitioners as
suffering from Chicken-pox. In these circumstances your Borough Council
adopted the notification of Chicken-pox on the 25th September, the Order
coming into force on the 12th October, with the object of impressing upon
the public the danger of lightly regarding skin eruptions at such a time, of
providing a penalty for the wilful concealment of Chicken-pox, of inciting
medical attendants to exercise additional caution and circumspection in the
diagnosis of certain symptoms and eruptions occurring in persons not
vaccinated within ten years, and of requiring all medical practitioners to certify,