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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 Table gives the number of deaths from the notifiable and certain other
diseases during each month of the year:—
Monthly Number of Deaths fhom Notifiable and some other Diseases during 1924.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 1 | — | 1 | — | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 12 |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | i | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 22 |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Erysipelas | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Dysentery | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | i | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Polioencephalitis and Poliomyelitis | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | 1 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 13 |
| Measles | 6 | 2 | 27 | 19 | 11 | 1 | 4 | 3 | — | — | 1 | _ | 74 |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonaiy) | 10 | 25 | 22 | 14 | 27 | 23 | 16 | 15 | 19 | 12 | 24 | 20 | 227 |
| Tuberculosis (Other Forms) | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | 3 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 44 |
| Totals—Notifiable Infectious Diseases | 23 | 33 | 59 | 47 | 54 | 34 | 28 | 26 | 27 | 17 | 32 | 29 | 409 |
| Whooping Cough | — | 1 | 11 | 6 | 7 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 46 |
| Diarrhcea and Enteritis | 2 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 6 | 63 |
| Influenza | 8 | 29 | 24 | 9 | 2 | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 80 |