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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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6. The Sunday Schools attended by contacts.
7. Certain workplaces attended by contacts.
8. In small-pox cases to the Vaccination Officers.
9. In small-pox cases to the Public Vaccinator.
10. During June, July, and September (holiday time to the Children's
Country Holiday Fund, when lists of over 1000 children at one
time are sometimes sent to be checked.
In addition to these Notifications, Certificates of Disinfection have also to
be provided in order that other persons in the family and the house mav
resume attendance at school, workplaces, &c.
| Year. | Population of St. Pancras. | Number of Cases Notified. | Morbidity per 1000 persons. | Number of Deaths. | Fatalitv per 1000 Cases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1891 | 234,379 enumerated | 370 | 1.6 | 12 | 32.4 |
| 1892 | 234,473 estimated | 426 | 1.8 | 9 | 21.1 |
| 1893 | 234,567 „ | 678 | 2.9 | 36 | 53.1 |
| 1894 | 234,661 ,, | 470 | 2.0 | 14 | 31.9 |
| 1895 | 234,755 ,, | 408 | 1.7 | 11 | 26.9 |
| 1896 | 234,849 ,, | 366 | 1.6 | 13 | 35.5 |
| 1897 | 234,943 ,, | 393 | 1.7 | 13 | 33.1 |
| 1898 | 235,037 „ | 324 | 1.4 | 10 | 30.9 |
| Mean of 8 years | 234,708 | 429 | 1.8 | 15 | 34.9 |
| *1899 | 235,131 estimated | 305 | 1.3 | 16 | 52.0 |
| 1900 | 235,224 estimated | 227 | 1.0 | 8 | 35.2 |
| 1901 | 235,317 enumerated | 243 | 1.0 | 10 | 41.2 |
| 1902 | 237,054 estimated | 253 | 1.0 | 8 | 33.6 |
| 1903 | 237,032 | 222 | 0.9 | 11 | 49.6 |
| 1904 | 237,088 | 251 | 1.1 | 17 | 67.7 |
| 1905 | 237,150 | 228 | 1.0 | 17 | 74.6 |
| 1906 | 237,149 | 231 | 0.97 | 21 | 90.9 |
| 1907 | 237,173 | 188 | 0.79 | 11 | 58.5 |
| 1908 | 237,158 | 156 | 0.66 | 7 | 44.9 |
| 1909 | 237,247 | 160 | 0.67 | 10 | 62.5 |
| Mean of 10 years | 236,760 | 216 | 0.91 | 12 | 55.9 |
* N.B.—Tins year is not included in either series because it was a transition
year.
This matter was considered by tlie Metropolitan Branch of the Incorporated
Society of Medical Officers of Health in 1906, and it was decided that it was
undesirable to take any steps to remove erysipelas from the list of notifiable
diseases.