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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 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| Boroughs. | Estimated Population in the middle of 1910. | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria (including Membranous Croup). | Typhus Fever. | Typhoid Fever. | Continued Fever. | llelapsing Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cholera. | Erysipelas. | Plague. | (,'erebro-Spinal Meningitis. | Anthrax. | Glanders. | Hydrophobia. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. | ||||||||||||||||
| Paddington | 153,004 | ... | 261 | 120 | ... | 40 | ... | ... | 9 | ... | 100 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Kensington | 184,635 | ... | 263 | 155 | ... | 37 | 3 | ... | 10 | ... | 112 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Hammersmith | 127,413 | ... | 341 | 165 | ... | 31 | 2 | ... | 9 | ... | 62 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Fulham | 181,282 | ... | 354 | 257 | ... | 18 | ... | 20 | ... | 112 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... | |
| Chelsea | 75,457 | ... | 120 | 83 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| City of Westminster | 167,233 | 1 | 248 | 149 | ... | 48 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 61 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| North. | ... | |||||||||||||||
| St. Marylebone | 125,195 | ... | 208 | 127 | 1 | 22 | ... | ... | 4 | ... | 117 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Hampstead | 95,729 | ... | 144 | 51 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 2 | ... | 32 | ... | 2 | 2 | ... | ... |
| St. Pancras | 237,792 | ... | 681 | 263 | ... | 63 | ... | ... | 13 | 1 | 191 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | ... |
| Islington | 353,356 | 1 | 731 | 473 | 1 | 89 | 1 | ... | 20 | ... | 213 | ... | 16 | ... | ... | ... |
| Stoke Newington | 54,838 | ... | 85 | 53 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 3 | ... | 31 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Hackney | 239,979 | ... | 403 | 190 | ... | 64 | ... | ... | 16 | ... | 254 | ... | 6 | ... | ... | 1 |
| Central. | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Holborn | 53,142 | ... | 68 | 45 | ... | 25 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 42 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Finsbury | 94,578 | ... | 165 | 150 | ... | 30 | ... | ... | 7 | ... | 170 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | ... |
| City of London | 17,132 | ... | 21 | 20 | ... | 4 | ... | ... | 1 | ... | 16 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| E ast. | ... | |||||||||||||||
| Shoreditch | 114,387 | 2 | 213 | 131 | ... | 48 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 130 | .. | ... | ... | ... | |
| Bethnal Green | 131,579 | ... | 236 | 182 | ... | 108 | 1 | ... | 13 | ... | 174 | ... | 7 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Stepney | 314,379 | ... | 554 | 404 | ... | 118 | ... | ... | 29 | ... | 381 | ... | 7 | ... | ... | ... |
| Poplar | 172,432 | 1 | 470 | 175 | 1 | 62 | ... | ... | 15 | ... | 209 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... |
| South. | ||||||||||||||||
| Southwark | 211,832 | ... | 419 | 284 | ... | 54 | ... | ... | 16 | ... | 241 | ... | 3 | 1 | ... | ... |
| Bermondsey | 127 238 | 1 | 364 | 210 | ... | 38 | ... | ... | 6 | ... | 130 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... |
| Lambeth | 327,074 | ... | 908 | 327 | ... | 78 | 1 | ... | 19 | ... | 193 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... |
| Battersea | 188,322 | ... | 488 | 227 | ... | 45 | 2 | ... | 16 | ... | 170 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... |
| W andsworth | 305,838 | ... | 681 | 286 | ... | 54 | ... | ... | 20 | ... | 182 | ... | 5 | ... | ... | ... |
| Camberwell | 286,058 | ... | 511 | 272 | ... | 76 | 2 | ... | 7 | ... | 219 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Deptford | 119,642 | ... | 301 | 130 | ... | 24 | 2 | ... | 2 | ... | 111 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Greenwich | 112,935 | ... | 171 | 168 | ... | 20 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 89 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Lewisham | 164,899 | ... | 573 | 224 | ... | 29 | ... | ... | 5 | ... | 61 | ... | 2 | ... | ... | ... |
| Woolwich | 135,422 | 1 | 526 | 172 | ... | 10 | ... | ... | 8 | ... | 90 | ... | 1 | ... | ... | ... |
| Port of London | ... | ... | 1 | 1 | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | 3 | ... | ... | ... | ... | ... |
| Administrative County of London | 4,872,702 | 7 | 10509 | 5494 | 3 | 1284 | 16 | ... | 292 | 1 | 3982 | ... | 115 | 6 | ... | 1 |
SECONDARY NOTIFICATIONS.
The secondary notification of infectious diseases lias grown to considerable
proportions. A Daily List of Notifications is sent to:—
1. The Metropolitan Asylums Board.
2. The St. Pancrus Public Library.
3. The Day Schools attended by infected children.
4. The Day Schools attended by contacts.
5. The Sunday Schools attended by infected children,
6. The Sunday Schools attended by contacts.
7. Certain workplaces attended by contacts.