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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INQUESTS HELD.
In the Coroner's Court—General cases 430
„ ,, „ Poor Law Cases 28
Elsewhere in St. Pancras0
458
PUBLIC MORTUARIES.
Number of bodies deposited in the General Mortuary 424
„ „ „ „ Infectious „ 4
428
III.—INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
£ I.—NOTIFICATIONS.
The annual numbers of cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified since the commencement of notification, are shown in the following table:—
Diseases. | 1889 2mos | 1890 | 1891 | 1892 | 1893 | 1894 | 1895 | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 |
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Small.Pox | .. | 5 | 1 | 31 | 112 | 95 | 14 | 5 | 2 | 2 | .. | 7 | 238 | 314 | 28 |
Scarlet Fever | 123 | 636 | 621 | 1279 | 2465 | 1255 | 1053 | 1067 | 913 | 970 | 858 | 650 | 971 | 1200 | 647 |
Diphtheria Membranous | 58 | 437 | 298 | 432 | 732 | 491 | 522 | 458 | 506 | 473 | 548 | 580 | 898 | 781 | 489 |
Croup | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 11 | 16 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 5 | 6 | 9 | 6 |
Typhus Fever | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Enteric Fever | 34 | 137 | 217 | 119 | 163 | 188 | 144 | 198 | 213 | 217 | 240 | 356 | 181 | 188 | 83 |
Fever, Simple & Continued | 1 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 7 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | .. | |
Relapsing | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 1 | 9 | 8 | 27 | 24 | 11 | 17 | 19 | 14 | 17 | 13 | 9 | 13 | 12 | 5 |
Cholera | .. | 2 | 9 | 5 | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Erysipelas | 70 | 373 | 370 | 426 | 678 | 470 | 408 | 366 | 393 | 324 | 305 | 227 | 243 | 253 | 222 |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chickenpox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 181 | 1260 | 16 |
Totals | 288 | 1606 | 1528 | 2322 | 4184 | 2525 2178 | 2123 2057 | 2022 | 1976 | 1835 | 2731 | 4019 | 1496 |