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St Pancras 1909
[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-Spinul 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, and the order
has been renewed from time to time.
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 six.
CONSUMPTION
(PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS).
Deaths' from Consumption.
The number of deaths in St. Pancras from the pulmonary form of Tuberculosis during each of the last seven 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 |
| 1908 | 14 | 5 | 329 | 14 | 362 |
| 1909 | 15 | 5 | 339 | 15 | 374 |
During the past year the following have been the number of deaths from all forms of Tuberculosis at several ages of life:—
| Tubercular Diseases, 1909. | AGES. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 5. | 5—15. | 15-65. | 65 and upwards. | |||
| Tuberculous Phthisis(Pulm.Phthisis) | 14 | 4 | 284 | 312 | 374 | |
| 1 | 1 | 55 | 5 | 62 | ||
| Tuberculous Meningitis | 27 | 2 | — | 36 | ||
| Tuberculous Peritonitis | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 6 | |
| 4 | 1 | — | — | 5 | ||
| Lupus | — | — | — | — | — | |
| Tubercle of other Organs | — | |||||
| General Tuberculosis | 5 | 4 | 15 | 2 | 26 | |
| — | — | — | — | — | ||