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St Pancras 1902

[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 1902, and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred, are shown in the following Table:—

Population.Regent's Park, pop.51764.Tottenham Court, pop. 21,253.Gray's Inn Lane, pop. 35,052.Somers Town, pop. 30,677.Camden Town, pop. 38,747.Kentish Town, pop. 59,561.Total.
Diseases.
Small-pox831375711359314
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever290841711432033091200
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup16162110121124212790
Typhus Fever..............
Typhoid or Enteric Fever262134292058188
Continued Fever2..........2
Relapsing Fever..............
Puerperal Fever5..1..2412
Cholera............
Erysipelas502343226253253
Plague...... .........
Chicken-pox248681591942683231260
Totals86527159358069210184019

The Case-fatality.—The following Table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras.

Population.Regent's Park, pop. 51,764.Tottenham Court, pop. 21,253.Gray's Inn Lane, pop. 35,052.Somers Town, pop. 30,677.Camden Town, pop. 38,747.Kentish Town, pop. 59,561.Total.
Diseases.
Small-pox183202161482
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever1446651348
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup201011132227103
Typhus Fever........3..3
Typhoid or Enteric Fever95984944
Continued Fever..............
Relapsing Fever..............
Puerperal Fever1..1..125
Cholera..............
Erysipelas2..1..418
Plague..............
Chicken-pox........112
Totals642248484667295