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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Twenty-five persons were directly or indirectly infected, consisting of 15
men, 7 of whom had been working at the hospitals, 9 women, (1, whose husband
brought the infection home and was not himself attacked), and 1 child. There were
15 different families in this group.
SMALL-POX IN ST. PANCRAS.
The following tables record the progress of clinical examinations, chickenpox
notifications, and notifications of small-pox, week by week during the
epidemic.
Table A (1).
Number of Weeks | Week ending | Total Number of Cases Examined. | Small-pox. | Chicken-pox. | Other notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Non-notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Other Communicable Diseases. | Non-Communicable Diseases. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
40 | 5th October, 1901 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
41 | 12th „ „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
42 | 19th „ „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
43 | 26th „ „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
44 | 2nd November „ „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
45 | 9th „ „ | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
46 | *16th „ „ | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
47 | 23rd „ „ | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. |
48 | 30th „ „ | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. |
49 | 7th December „ „ | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
50 | 14th „ „ | 5 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
51 | 21st „ „ | 4 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
52 | 28th „ „ | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Totals | 24 | 18 | 4 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. |
* These examinations did not commence until the 46th week of the year, 1901, and about the 15th
week of the epidemic.