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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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COMMUNICABLE DISEASES AND DISORDERS.
School Notifications of Exclusion (Patients, Contacts and Suspects), Third Quarter ending
Saturday, October 2nd, 1909.
| NUMBER OF WEEK. | |||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 12 | 13 | Total. | ||
| A. Compulsorily Certifiable Diseases. Small Pox | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Scarlet Fever | 11 | 13 | 19 | I | •• | •• | •• | 17 | 36 | 41 | 38 | 31 | 24 | 231 | |
| Diphtheria | 5 | 10 | 14 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 3 | 7 | 28 | 18 | 5 | 3 | 102 | |
| Enteric Fever | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Erysipelas | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| B. Voluntarily Certifiable Diseases. Consumption | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | Compulsory from Poor Law Insti- tutions. |
| C. Temporarily Certifiable Diseases. Chicken Pox | 15 | 26 | 15 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 9 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 2 | 1 | 74 | When Small Pox is about. |
| D. Non-certifiable Diseases. Measles | 28 | 15 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 10 | 2 | 66 | ||
| Whooping Cough | 8 | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 12 | 5 | •• | 3 | 38 | |||
| Mumps | 8 | 3 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | 8 | 2 | 3 | 2 | •• | 30 | |
| Tonsilitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 2 | |
| E. Suspicious Symptoms. Sore Throat | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Feverish Cold | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Whooping | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | ||
| Vomiting | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Diarrhoæa | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Rash | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Etc. | 1 | 2 | 3 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 4 | 1 | 2 | 1 | •• | 14 | |
| F. Communicable Disorders. Ophthalmia | •• | 1 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 1 | •• | 3 | |
| Ringworm | 7 | 6 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | •• | 3 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 7 | 4 | 57 | |
| Impetigo | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| Scabies | 1 | •• | 2 | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 3 | 3 | 11 | |
| Pediculosis Corporis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| „ Capitis | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | •• | |
| TOTAL | 81 | 93 | 63 | 1 | •• | •• | •• | 27 | 85 | 93 | 81 | 62 | 40 | 69 | |