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St Pancras 1911

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

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Table: The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified during the year 1911 and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred are shown in the following table:—

The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified during the year 1911 and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred are shown in the following table:—

West.South.East.North.Total.
Population, 190161875.55921.59842.59491.237129.
Diseases.
Small-pox..........
Chicken-pox (when small-pox prevails)48506931198
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever12471122128445
Diphtheria,Membranous Croup161758598419
Typhus Fever..........
Typhoid or Enteric Fever1712231466
Continued Fever..........
Relapsing Fever..........
Puerperal Fever1013216
Erysipelas48406251201
Cholera..........
Plague........
Polio-Myelitis1....12
Cerebro-sp???nal Meningitis2..237
Ophthalmia Neonatorum773926
Totals. .4182563693371380

Table: The Case-fatality.—The following table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras :—

The Case-fatality.—The following table gives the number of deaths from the Notifiable Infectious Diseases in the Sub-Districts of St. Pancras :—

West.South.East.North.Total.
Population, 190161875.55921.59842.59491.237129.
Diseases.
Small-pox..........
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever312410
Diphtheria, Membranous Croup14581037
Typhus Fever..........
Typhoid or Enteric Fever . .1..517
Continued Fever..........
Relapsing Fever..........
Puerperal Fever4..3310
Erysipelas413210
Cholera..........
Plague..........
Polio-Myelitis..........
Cerebro-spinal Meningitis . .....134
Ophthalmia Neonatorum..........
Totals267222378