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St Pancras 1902

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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of serum, sold in hermetically sealed tubes or flasks at 2s. 6d. to 3s. 6d. each.
For prophylactic or preventive purposes three quarters, a half, or a quarter of
the number of units are used.
The question is whether Diphtheria Antitoxin is to be distributed
gratuitously ?
DISEASE AND FOOD.
In Part V. (Food) will be found some account of the connection of food
with disease under the heads of Enteric Fever and Shellfish, Diarrhoea and
Milk, and Ptomaine Poisoning and Pork Pies.
§ 2.—ISOLATION.

Table: The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital, and the Sub-Districts whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table:—

The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital, and the Sub-Districts whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table:—

Diseases.Regent's Park.Tottenham Court.Gray's Inn Lane.Somers Town.Camden Town.Kentish Town.Totals.
Small-pox821373711358310
Scarlatina & Scarlet Fever267761561401782671084
Diphtheria142579711090183679
Membranous Croup
Typhus Fever..............
Typhoid or Enteric Fever19152525842134
Continued Fever2..........2
Relapsing Fever..............
Puerperal Fever1........23
Cholera..............
Erysipelas77369638
Plague..............
Chicken-pox2..111611
Totals5221683553532995642261

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The number of cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital in
each week of the year were as stated in the attached table.
THE REMOVAL OF ENTERIC FEVER PATIENTS.
In the annual report of Dr. J. Brownlee for 1901 on the administration of
the City of Glasgow Fever and Small-pox Hospitals, Belvedere, is a note on
the subject of removal to hospital of patients suffering from enteric fever.
The medical practitionerior the medical officer of health needs to decide whether
the advantage to the patient lies on the side of retaining him at home or