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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T able 5b.
ST. PANCRAS SANITARY DISTRICT.
Shewing the Number of Deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the 10 years 1896 to 1905, and in the year 1900.
Diseases. | 1896 | 1897 | 1898 | 1899 | 1900 | 1901 | 1902 | 1903 | 1904 | 1905 | Number of Deaths, Annual Average of 10 years 1896-05 | Number of Deaths in 1906. | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 10 years 1896-05 | Proportion of Deaths to 1000 total Deaths in 1906. |
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Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | 41 | 62 | ... | .. | 12. | . . | 2.8 | , , | |
Scarlet Fever | 37 | 24 | 51 | 25 | 10 | 33 | 48 | 23 | 27 | 27 | 30.5 | 32 | 6.9 | 8.5 |
Diphtheria | 94 | 109 | 95 | 106 | 69 | 105 | 103 | 39 | 37 | 782 | 21 | 17.9 | 5.6 | |
Membranous Croup | 5 | 3 | 3 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2.9 | 1 | 0 .6 | 0.2 |
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Eteric Fever | 29 | 38 | 42 | 43 | 63 | 31 | 44 | 13 | 17 | 8 | 32 .8 | 13 | 7.5 | 3.4 |
Fever,Simple & Continued | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever . | 5 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 5 | 5.1 | .. | 1.1 | 1.8 | |
Cholera | ... | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 0.5 | .. | 0.1 | .. |
Erysipelas | 13 | 13 | 10 | 16 | 8 | 10 | 8 | 11 | 17 | 17 | 12.3 | 21 | 2.8 | 5.6 |
Plague | .. | . | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | ... | .. |
Chicken-pox | ... | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 0.2 | .. | 0.04 | .. |
Totals | 183 | 195 | 210 | 205 | 155 | 229 | 295 | 87 | 106 | 83 | 174.8 | 95 | 39.9 | 25.3 |