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St Pancras 1922

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

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Table: The following table is drawn up from returns kindly supplied by the Clerk to the Guardians in respect of children whose births were registered in the Parish of St. Pancras from 1st January to 31st December, 1921, inclusive :—

The following table is drawn up from returns kindly supplied by the Clerk to the Guardians in respect of children whose births were registered in the Parish of St. Pancras from 1st January to 31st December, 1921, inclusive :—

Number.Percentage of Births registered.
North.East.West.South.Whole Borough.North.East.West.South.Whole Borough.
Births registered1,0651,3431,1061,5885,102100.0100.0100.0100.0100.0
Dead, unvaccinated358365752583.36.25.94.75.1
Successfully vaccinated3964944957002,08537.236.844.844.140.9
Had smallpox—————————_
Insusceptible of vaccination12—140.10.1—0.10.1
Received certificates of conscientious objection5805243734071,88454.539.033.725.636.9
Postponed by medical certificate71256431180.70.95.12.72.3
Moved to known address in other districts78872273290.76.60.614.30.4
Lost sight of by removal37120941233743.58.98.57.77.3
Unvaccinated and not accounted for in previous columns2201612500.21.51.40.81.0

Table: The corresponding figures for the past ten years are as follows :-

The corresponding figures for the past ten years are as follows :-

Year.Births.Successfully Vaccinated.Per cent.Conscientious Objections, and Children otherwise escaping Vaccination.Per cent.
19115,1392,35345.81,23524.4
19125,0792,31845.61,14922.6
19135,0742,05040.41,49429.4
19144,9651,76735.61,33226.8
19154,5361,58735.01,20526.6
19164,3221,59436.91,17927.3
19173,6641,58143.11,01427.7
19183,3381,28138.493227.9
19193,8741,73344.71,15529.8
19206,0862,69344.32,11834.8
19215,1022,08540.91,93437.9

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SCARLET FEVER.
1,156 patients were notified in 1922 as suffering from scarlet fever. Of these 54 were
afterwards reported not to be suffering from the disease by medical superintendents of the
Metropolitan Asylums Board.
The corrected number of scarlet fever cases notified was, therefore, 1,102, equal to an
incidence rate of 5.2 per 1,000 population.
The number of deaths from scarlet fever certified during the year was 20, equal to a deathrate
of 0.09 per 1,000 population, and a case mortality of 1.73 per cent, of cases notified.