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 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. |
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Diseases. | |||||||
Small-pox | 83 | 13 | 75 | 71 | 13 | 59 | 314 |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 290 | 84 | 171 | 143 | 203 | 309 | 1200 |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 161 | 62 | 110 | 121 | 124 | 212 | 790 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 26 | 21 | 34 | 29 | 20 | 58 | 188 |
Continued Fever | 2 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | 12 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
Erysipelas | 50 | 23 | 43 | 22 | 62 | 53 | 253 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. . | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | 248 | 68 | 159 | 194 | 268 | 323 | 1260 |
Totals | 865 | 271 | 593 | 580 | 692 | 1018 | 4019 |
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. |
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Diseases. | |||||||
Small-pox | 18 | 3 | 20 | 21 | 6 | 14 | 82 |
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 14 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 5 | 13 | 48 |
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup | 20 | 10 | 11 | 13 | 22 | 27 | 103 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 3 |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 9 | 5 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 9 | |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 4 | 1 | 8 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 |
Totals | 64 | 22 | 48 | 48 | 46 | 67 | 295 |