London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

St Pancras 1912

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

This page requires JavaScript

Table: The number of cases of the Notifiable Infectious Diseases certified during the year 1912 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 1912 and the Sub-Districts in which they occurred are shown in the following table:—

Population, 1911West. 59672South. 45320East. 57047North. 58314Total. 220353
Diseases.
Small-pox..........
Chicken-pox (when small-pox prevails)..........
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever159118169152598
Diphtheria,Membranous Croup18715696111550
Typhus Fever..........
Typhoid or Enteric Fever498829
Continued Fever..........
Relapsing Fever..........
Puerperal Fever763420
Erysipelas31476844190
Cholera..........
Plague..........
Polio-Myelitis2....13
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis111..3
Ophthalmia Neonatorum472518
Totals3953443473251411

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

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

Population, 1911West. 59672South. 45320East. 57047North. 58314Total. 220353
Diseases.
Small-pox..........
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever......35
Diphtheria,Membranous Croup1364326
Typhus Fever..........
Typhoid or Enteric Fever..1..12
Continued Fever..........
Relapsing Fever..........
Puerperal Fever23218
Erysipelas3..227
Cholera..........
Plague..........
Polio-Myelitis..........
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis..........
Ophthalmia Neonatorum..........
Totals.201081048