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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 1901
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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and so bringing all cases to the knowledge of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following were the results of the notification :—
Cases of Chicken-pox certified each week since the beginning of October, 1901,
in St. Pancras, at all ages, and at separate ages.
| No. of Week. | Week ending | At all Ages | Under 1 Year. | 10 and under 15 | 15 and under 20 | Over 20 Years. | Subsequent Notes. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 6 mos. | 6-12 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | |||||||
| 41 | 12th October | 6 | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | *1 Certified S-p. | |||
| 42 | 19th ,, | 14 | 3 | i | -— | 1 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | ||||||
| 43 | 26th | 13 | - | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | I | 1 | - | |||||
| 44 | 2nd November | 12 | - | 1 | i | 2 | - | 4 | 1 | *1 | 1 | 1 | |||||
| 45 | 9th | 13 | - | 2 | i | 3 | - | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | |
| 46 | 16th „ | 16 | - | 2 | - | 3 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | |||
| 47 | 23rd „ | 11 | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | ||
| 48 | 30th „ | 16 | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | - | - | *1 Certified S-p. | ||
| 49 | 7th December | 14 | 2 | 1 | 2 | - | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | - | *2 | ||||
| 50 | 14th | 29 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 8 | 4 | 3 | 1 | i | — | — | |||
| 51 | 21st „ | 23 | _ | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 6 | 3 | - | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | |||
| 52 | 2Sth | 16 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | - | |||
About 92 per cent, of Chicken-pox cases occur in children under 10 years of age, and it was said that Chicken-pox is notified from schools sufficiently to make it kuown to medical officers of health. In order to test this statement the following table was compiled during the first six weeks of 1902 :—
| No. of | St. Pancras. | Informations received from head teachers of exclusion of children from school on account of Chicken-pox. | Notifications received from parents and guardians without medical certificates, i | Certificates received from Medical Practitioners. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week. | Week ending. | Total. | Subsequent to Medical Certificate. | Previous to Medical Certificate. | ||
| 1st | 4th Jan. | 0 | 0 | 0 | 0 | 36 |
| 2nd | 11th „ | 9 | 4 | 5 | 0 | 35 |
| 3rd | 18th „ | 20 | 9 | 11 | 0 | 27 |
| 4th | 25th „ | I | 0 | 1 | 0 | 38 |
| 5 th | 1st Feb. | 8 | 2 | 6 | 0 | 29 |
| 6th | 8th „ | 7 | 1 | 6 | 0 | 39 |
This table shows that during aix weeks, whilst 204 certificates of Chickenpox
were received from medical practitioners, only 45 informations were
received from school teachers. Of those 45 informations, in 16 cases medical
certificates had been previously received, and in 29 cases no medical certificates
had been received. When no proper notification or medical certificate is
received the following letter is sent to the person in charge, and the effect has
been to produce a medical certificate in each case.