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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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'The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases are classified in the following table according to their Wards and Registration Sub-Districts:—
| INFECTIOUS DISEASES. | Notifications. | Deaths. | ||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| West. Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | Whole Borough. | West. Ward | South. Ward | East. Ward | North. Ward | Whole Borough. | |||||||||
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | |||
| 1. Variola or Small-pox | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 48 | 51 | 28 | 53 | 101 | 40 | 99 | 67 | 487 | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 1 | – | 3 |
| 3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 28 | 78 | 22 | 81 | 72 | 132 | 58 | 41 | 512 | 1 | 3 | – | 2 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 1 | 20 |
| 4. Typhus Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 5. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | – | 2 | 2 | 1 | 8 | 3 | 4 | – | 20 | – | – | – | – | 2 | – | – | – | 3† |
| 6. Fever, Simple and Continued | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 7. Relapsing Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 8. Puerperal Fever | 5 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 2 | – | 2 | 4 | 20 | 2 | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 2 | 2 | 9 |
| 9. Erysipelas | 8 | 14 | 4 | 11 | 18 | 16 | 15 | 6 | 92 | – | 1 | – | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | 4 |
| 10. Cholera | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 11. Plague | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 12. Anthrax | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 13. Glanders | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 14. Hydrophobia | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 15. Cerebrospinal Meningitis | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | – | 1 | 2 | – | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | – | 2 |
| 16. Anterior Poliomvelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 1 | – | 2 | – | 6 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 17. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 8 | 5 | 9 | 7 | 7 | 9 | 1 | 51 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 18. Encephalitis Lethargica | – | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | 5 | – | – | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 2 |
| 19. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 28 | 42 | 9 | 23 | 90 | 43 | 54 | 27 | 286 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 20. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 6 | 5 | 1 | 2 | 9 | 14 | 4 | 46 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | |
| 21. Malaria | 2 | 3 | 1 | – | 5 | 1 | 1 | –— | 13 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 22. Dysentery | – | 1 | 1 | 1 | – | – | – | – | 3 | 1 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 1 |
| 23. Trench Fever | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 24. Measles | 22 | 55 | 16 | 34 | 41 | 30 | 72 | 57 | 32 | – | – | 1 | – | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 |
| 25. German Measles | 21 | 15 | 4 | 4 | 33 | 23 | 12 | 22 | 134 | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
| 26. Tuberculosis, Pulmonary | 58 | 59 | 33 | 74 | 52 | 57 | 55 | 42 | 440‡ | 34 | 17 | 13 | 27 | 37 | 28 | 32 | 22 | 211† |
| ,, Other Forms | 10 | 20 | 7 | 20 | 27 | 21 | 20 | 11 | 137† | 6 | 9 | 2 | 13 | 8 | 8 | 12 | 3 | 61 |
* Including all primary notifications made under the Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations. 1912, on Forms
A, B, C, or D, and also cases first coming under notice by means of Special Death Reports.
† Including 1, the home address of which was not known.
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