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St Pancras 1907
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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CEREBROSPINAL FEVER.
Epidemic Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis or Cerebro-Spinal Fever was made a
compulsorily notifiable disease in London under Section 55 of the Public
Health (London) Act, 1891, by a resolution of the County Council on the 26th
February, 1907, which came into effect on the 12th March. This rendered it
unnecessary to proceed any further with the resolution of the Borough Council
of the 6th February to the same effect.
Extracts from Memorandum on Cerebro-Spinal Fever, issued by the Medical
Officer of the Local Government Board in July, 1905, were quoted in the
Annual Report for 1906.
The number of cases of the disease notified in St. Pancras during the year
was five. In at least three of the cases there was a vague history of injury
to the head.
CONSUMPTION
(PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS).
Deaths from Consumption.
The number of deaths in St. Pancras from the pulmonary form of
Tuberculosis during each of the last five years, at several ages, has been as
follows:—
| Year. | Under 5. | 5—15. | 15—65. | Over 65. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1903 | 5 | 7 | 390 | 24 | 426 |
| 1904 | 10 | 15 | 397 | 18 | 440 |
| 1905 | 13 | 10 | 313 | 17 | 353 |
| 1906 | 13 | 12 | 359 | 17 | 401 |
| 1907 | 8 | 5 | 340 | 23 | 376 |
During the past year the following have been the number of deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis at several ages of life:—
| Tubercular Diseases, 1907. | AGES. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under5. | 5—15. | 15—65. | 65 and upwards. | ||
| 5 | 3 | 248 | 17 | 273 103 376 | |
| Phthisis | 3 | 2 | 92 | 6 | |
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 35 | 15 | 1 | — | 51 |
| Tuberculous Peritonitis | 5 | 3 | — | 8 | |
| Tabes Mesenterial | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Lupus | — | — | — | — | — |
| Tubercle of other Organs | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | 5 |
| General Tuberculosis | 19 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 39 |
| Scrofula | — | — | — | — | — |