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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following tabic gives the number of notifications of the notifiable infectious diseases
received in each month of the year:—
Monthly Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during 1924.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd QUARTER. | 3RD Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 22 | 36 | 39 | 47 | 66 | 49 | 47 | 86 | 95 | 92 | 111 | 69 | 759 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 23 | 30 | 54 | 44 | 76 | 54 | 40 | 53 | 45 | 64 | 74 | 66 | 623 |
| Enteric Fever | — | 1 | — | 1 | I | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 12 |
| Puerperal I ever | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 16 |
| Erysipelas | 6 | 7 | 12 | 12 | 9 | 6 | 6 | 10 | 6 | 9 | '5 | 10 | 108 |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | __ | 1 | — | — | — | 3 |
| Polioencephalitis and Pjliomyelitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 5 |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 6 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 4 | S | 3 | 5 | 3 | 52 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 2 | 5 | 13 | 11 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 45 |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 37 | 49 | 29 | 25 | 22 | 17 | 23 | 10 | 9 | 16 | 35 | 21 | 293 |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 19 | 40 | 37 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 1 | 4 | — | 2 | 8 | 3 | 131 |
| Malaria | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Measles | 171 | 507 | 1685 | 1011 | 411 | 160 | 174 | 54 | 11 | 22 | 63 | 63 | 4332 |
| Gei man Measles | 5 | 8 | 7 | 14 | 32 | 39 | 46 | 19 | 16 | 18 | 20 | 46 | 270 |
| Tubeiculosis (Pulmonary) | 39 | 42 | 43 | 38 | 44 | 39 | 32 | 43 | 27 | 26 | 45 | 29 | 447 |
| Tuberculosis (Oilier Forms) | 4 | 7 | 9 | 12 | 19 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 14 | 7 | 9 | 6 | 119 |
| Totals | 334 | 33 | 1927 | 12:0 | 703 | 397 | 394 | 296 | 234 | 263 | 392 | 324 | 7217 |