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St Pancras 1922

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

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In the accompanying tables (inset) are shown the number of notifications of the notifiable
infectious diseases received in each week of the year, and also the corresponding weekly number
of deaths from these and certain other diseases.

Table: In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years:-

In the following table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years:-

Diseases.1913191419151916191719181919192019211922
Variola or Smallpox——————10——1
Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever5681,2071,0094482463325588631,7131,156
Diphtheria and Membranous Croup440458446424451399348747723725
Typhus Fever——————————
Enteric or Typhoid Fever4144363824177182814
Fever, Simple or Continued11—1––––––
Relapsing Fever———————1——
Puerperal Fever11181418951318. 1111
Erysipelas21022320212012612113412687118
Cholera——————————
Plague——————————
Anthrax———1—1————
Glanders——————————
Hydrophobia––––––––––
Cerebrospinal Meningitis524023251310647
Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis9389114241
Ophthalmia Neonatorum233431383140396910159
Encephalitis Lethargica..................31185
Acute Primary Pneumonia..................86142242384
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia..................21310899189
Malaria..................98581813
Dysentery..................6413
Trench Fever..................1———
Measles.........1,8553,6812,1441,0343,0931,1493,728
German Measles.........38160931126819581253
Chicken-pox......247......401............
Tuberculosis— Pulmonary9288939337358251,034799684546534
Other Forms230121150138169203206132153148