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St Pancras 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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From the preceding tables the Case-fatalitv of each of the diseases in 1910 appears as follows:—

Cases.Attack rate per 1000 Population.Deaths.Fatality per cent.
Small-pox
Scarlatina6812.87172.49
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup2621.10207.63
Typhus Fever
Typhoid or Enteric Fever610.2646.56
Continued Fever
Relapsing Fever
Puerperal Fever140.06428.57
Cholera10.001100.00
Erysipelas1860.7873.76
Plague
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis100.04990.00
Totals12155.12625.10

Seasonal Variation.—The annexed tables of the Number of Cases of Infections
Diseases Notified, and of the number fatal, during each week in the past year
show the seasonal variation in prevalence and virulence of those diseases.