London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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 table the number of notifications are set forth for the past 10 years:—
| Diseases. | 01914 | 1915 | 1916 | 1917 | 1918 | 1919 | 1920 | 1921 | 1922 | 1923 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Variola or Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | 10 | – | – | 1 | – | |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 1207 | 1009 | 448 | 246 | 332 | 558 | 863 | 1713 | 1156 | ||
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 458 | 446 | 424 | 451 | 399 | 348 | 747 | 723 | 725 | ||
| Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 44 | 36 | 38 | 24 | 17 | 7 | 18 | 28 | 14 | ||
| Fever, Simple or Continued | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | ||
| Puerperal Fever | 18 | 14 | 18 | 9 | 5 | 13 | 18 | 11 | 11 | ||
| Erysipelas | 223 | 202 | 120 | 126 | 121 | 134 | 126 | 87 | 118 | ||
| Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Anthrax | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | ||
| Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | ||
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 2 | 40 | 23 | 25 | 13 | 10 | 6 | 4 | 7 | ||
| Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | 8 | 9 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | ||
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 31 | 31 | 38 | 31 | 40 | 39 | 69 | 101 | 59 | ||
| Encephalitis Lethargica | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 11 | 8 | 5 | ||
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 86 | 142 | 242 | 384 | ||
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 213 | 108 | 99 | 189 | ||
| Malaria | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 98 | 58 | 18 | 13 | ||
| Dysentery | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | 4 | 1 | 3 | ||
| Trench Fever | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | – | – | – | ||
| Measles | .. | .. | 1855 | 3681 | 2144 | 1034 | 3093 | 1149 | 3728 | ||
| German Measles | .. | .. | 381 | 609 | 311 | 268 | 195 | 81 | 253 | ||
| Chicken-pox | .. | 247 | .. | .. | 401 | .. | .. | .. | .. | ||
| Tuberculosis | Pulmonary | 893 | 933 | 735 | 825 | 1031 | 799 | 684 | 546 | 534 | |
| Other Forms | 121 | 150 | 138 | 169 | 203 | 2o6 | 132 | 153 | 148 | ||
| Totals | 3004 | 3116 | 4229 | 6197 | 5022 | 3837 | 6277 | 4968 | 349 | ||