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[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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Table 7b.—St. Pancras Registration Sub-Districts and District.
Cases of Infectious Disease, Ambulance Removals,
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Non-Residents in Public Institutions within the District are excluded. Residents in Public Institutions without the District are included. Residents in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, are classified in the respective Sub-Districts of their previous residence. | AGES. | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Totals St. Pancras. | Totals St. Pancras, All Ages. | |
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Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | |||||||||||
1. Variola, Small-pox | Under 5 | 5 | .. | 5 | 9 | .. | 8 | .. | 27 | 310 | |
5 and under 10 | 9 | .. | 2 | 5 | .. | 4 | .. | 20 | |||
10 and upwards | 68 | 13 | 66 | 57 | 13 | 46 | .. | 263 | |||
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | Under 5 | 80 | 23 | 54 | 52 | 57 | 93 | .. | 359 | 1084 | |
5 and under 10 | 120 | 27 | 56 | 46 | 69 | 116 | .. | 434 | |||
10 and upwards | 26 | 46 | 42 | 52 | 58 | .. | 291 | ||||
3. Diphtheria | Under 5 | 46 | 16 | 44 | 51 | 33 | 73 | .. | 261 | 675 | |
5 and under 10 | 51 | 18 | 33 | 37 | 41 | 61 | .. | 241 | |||
10 and upwards | 45 | 23 | 19 | 21 | 16 | 47 | .. | 171 | |||
4. Membranous Croup | Under 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | 4 | 4 | |
5 and under 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
10 and upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
5. Typhus Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 and under 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
10 and upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
6. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Under 5 | 1 | 1 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 6 | 134 | |
5 and under 10 | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 5 | .. | 18 | |||
10 and upwards | 14 | 12 | 22 | 22 | 5 | 35 | .. | 110 | |||
7. Fever, Simple or Continued | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |
5 and under 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
10 and upwards | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | |||
8. Relapsing Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 and under 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
10 and upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
9. Puerperal Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
5 and under 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
10 and upwards | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | |||
10. Cholera | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 and under 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
10 and upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. Erysipelas | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 2 | 38 | |
5 and under 10 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | |||
10 and upwards | 7 | 7 | 3 | 6 | 8 | 4 | .. | 35 | |||
12. Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
13. Chicken Pox | Under 5 | 1 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 7 | 11 | |
5 and under 10 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 3 | |||
10 and upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | |||
Total Notifiable Infectious Diseases | Under 5 | 133 | 40 | 107 | 114 | 91 | 183 | .. | 668 | 2261 | |
5 and under 10 | 185 | 47 | 92 | 91 | 113 | 189 | .. | 717 | |||
10 and upwards | 204 | 81 | 156 | 148 | 95 | 192 | .. | 876 | |||
All ages | 522 | 168 | 355 | 353 | 299 | 564 | .. | 2261 |