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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 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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In the following tables are shown the number of notifications of the notifiable
infectious diseases received in each month of the year, and also the corresponding monthly
number of deaths from these and certain other diseases:—
Monthly Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during 1923.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 61 | 64 | 44 | 46 | 47 | 37 | 23 | 19 | 34 | 41 | 40 | 31 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 58 | 63 | 47 | 32 | 42 | 43 | 35 | 46 | 34 | 40 | 41 | 31 | |
| Enteric Fever | 2 | 4 | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | ??? | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 11 | 15 | 10 | 8 | 4 | 4 | 7 | 8 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 4 | |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | |
| Poliomyelitis | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 3 | 4 | 2 | 7 | 9 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 3 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 1 | 1 | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 38 | 40 | 27 | 26 | 23 | 16 | 20 | 13 | 12 | 15 | 28 | 28 | |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | 3 | 9 | 5 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 5 | 4 | |
| Malaria | 2 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | |
| Dysentery | – | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Measles | 14 | 29 | 35 | 49 | 39 | 34 | 27 | 18 | 11 | 11 | 24 | 36 | |
| German Measles | 13 | 4 | 15 | 6 | 18 | 26 | 14 | 8 | 4 | 10 | 7 | 9 | |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 38 | 57 | 42 | 28 | 40 | 29 | 32 | 42 | 31 | 40 | 32 | 29 | |
| Tuberculosis (Other Forms) | 16 | 13 | 12 | 12 | 8 | 14 | 19 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 12 | 9 | |
| Totals | 264 | 302 | 250 | 222 | 244 | 215 | 189 | 170 | 149 | 185 | 203 | 188 | |