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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 1922
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Diarrhœa and Enteritis.
| Year. | Births Registered. | Deaths from Diarrhoea and Enteritis. | Infantile Mortality— from all Causes— per 1.000 Births. | 4-foot Earth Temperature (Mean for Aug., Sept. and Oct.). | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| All Ages. | Under 5. | Under 1. | Deaths under 1 per 1,000 Births. | ||||
| Deg. F. | |||||||
| 1904 | 6,116 | 257 | 237 | 205 | 34 | 152 | 57.3 |
| 1905 | 5,801 | 202 | 192 | 159 | 27 | 136 | 57.5 |
| 1906 | 5,744 | 234 | 228 | 189 | 33 | 131 | 58.9 |
| 1907 | 5,484 | 104 | 89 | 75 | 14 | 113 | 56.5 |
| 1908 | 5,546 | 142 | 135 | 107 | 19 | 115 | 57.3 |
| 1909 | 5,238 | 105 | 99 | 80 | 15 | 108 | 56.9 |
| 1910 | 5,385 | 82 | 78 | 59 | 11 | 107 | 56.8 |
| 1911 | 5,555 | 248 | 218 | 168 | 30 | 112 | 59.5 |
| 1912 | 5,367 | 45 | 35 | 32 | 6 | 88 | 55.3 |
| 1913 | 5,517 | 148 | 127 | 95 | 17 | 93 | 56.8 |
| 1914 | 5,225 | 142 | 127 | 106 | 20 | 92 | 57.6 |
| 1915 | 4,754 | 114 | 107 | 79 | 17 | 105 | 56.5 |
| 1916 | 4,530 | 72 | 56 | 41 | 9 | 85 | 56.8 |
| 1917 | 3,796 | 97 | 80 | 61 | 16 | 106 | 57.4 |
| 1918 | 3,318 | 56 | 47 | 37 | 11 | 102 | 57.0 |
| 1919 | 3,824 | 68 | 55 | 47 | 12 | 88 | 57.2 |
| 1920 | 5,934 | 54 | 44 | 37 | 6 | 73 | 57.9 |
| 1921 | 4,764 | 98 | 83 | 74 | 16 | 76 | 60.1 |
| 1922 | 4,559 | 47 | 37 | 31 | 7 | 74 | 55.7 |
The weekly distribution of the deaths in 1922 will be found in the table inset at pages
34-35.
PUERPERAL FEVER.
Eleven cases of puerperal fever were notified during 1922, equal to an incidence rate
of 2.4 per 1,000 births. Three deaths occurred amongst these, giving a case mortality of
27 per cent. One other death was recorded of a St. Pancras patient who died in an
institution outside of the borough and was not notified. Nine cases were treated in
hospitals, and two in the private nursing home where the confinement took place.
Ten cases followed the birth of live-born infants, and 1 the birth of a dead viable foetus.
Three of the patients were primiparae (i.e., women who had not previously borne children),
and 8 multiparae.
In three cases "instruments" had been used at the confinement.
In three cases there had been scarlet fever in the home recently. No other source of
infection was traced.
In the following table the cases are classified according to the manner in which the
patients were attended in their confinements:—