Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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GLANDERS.
In Part VI. (Legislation) of the Animal Report for 1907 the London Order
of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, dated 12th September, 1907, as to
the Notification of Glanders in Horses was quoted, and also the Regulations of
the London County Council thereunder.
In Part III. (Infectious Diseases) of the same Annual Report paragraphs
relating to human glanders were quoted, and it was explained that in future,
by the Order, a Veterinary Inspector must report the existence of glanders to
the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough as well as to the County Council.
During the year 1912, the Veterinary Inspector reported 6 outbreaks of
glanders in horses in various stables in the Borough.
§ 3.-ISOLATION AND EXCLUSION.
The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital, and the Sub-Districts from whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table:—
Diseases. | West. | South. | East. | North. | Total. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Chicken-pox (when Smallpox prevails) | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlatina and Scarlet Fever | 156 | 115 | 166 | 147 | 584 |
Diphtheria | 183 | 155 | 94 | 108 | 540 |
Membranous Croup | |||||
Typhus Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Typhoid or Enteric Fever | 4 | 7 | 8 | 5 | 24 |
Continued Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Relapsing Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 13 |
Erysipelas | 3 | 10 | 8 | 28 | |
Cholera | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Plague | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | 3 |
Polio-Myelitis | l | .. | .. | .. | 1 |
Ophthalmia Neonatorum | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 |
Totals | 356 | 285 | 282 | 271 | 1194 |
The number of cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital in
each week of the year were as stated in the attached table.