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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 corresponding figures for the past ten years are as follows: —
| Year. | Births. | Successfully Vaccinated. | Per cent. | Conscientious Objections, and Children otherwise escaping Vaccination. | Per cent. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1914 | 4965 | 1767 | 35.6 | 1332 | 26.8 |
| 1915 | 4536 | 1587 | 35.0 | 1205 | 26.6 |
| 1916 | 4322 | 1594 | 36.9 | 1179 | 27.3 |
| 1917 | 3664 | 1581 | 43.1 | 1014 | 27.7 |
| 1918 | 3338 | 1281 | 38.4 | 932 | 27.9 |
| 1919 | 3874 | 1733 | 44.7 | 1155 | 29.8 |
| 1920 | 6086 | 2693 | 44.3 | 2118 | 34.8 |
| 1921 | 5102 | 2085 | 40.9 | 1934 | 37.9 |
| 1922 | 4881 | 2260 | 46.3 | 1775 | 36.4 |
| 1923 | 4682 | 2491 | 53.2 | 1444 | 30.8 |
SCARLET FEVER.
This disease was more prevalent than daring the previous year, and the case mortality
was also higher.
759 cases were notified during the year; but of this number 101 were subsequently
reported by the hospital authorities not to be suffering from this disease. The correct
number of cases was therefore 658, equal to an attack rate of 3.0 per 1,000 of population.
The number of deaths certified as being due to Scarlet Fever was 12, equal to a
death-rate of 0.05 per 1,000 of population, and a case mortality of 1.82 per cent, of cases
notified.
The following table gives the corresponding figures for the past 10 years, corrected for errors in diagnosis:—
| Year. | No. of Notifications. | Notification rate per 1,000 population. | No. of Deaths. | Death rate per 1,000 population. | Case Mortality per cent. | Percentage of Cases removed to Hospital. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1915 | 900 | 4.1 | 22 | 0.10 | 2.4 | 96 |
| 1916 | 404 | 2.0 | 8 | 0.04 | 2.0 | 96 |
| 1917 | 224 | 1.2 | 4 | 0.02 | 1.8 | 97 |
| 1918 | 289 | 1.6 | 7 | 0.04 | 2.4 | 96 |
| 1919 | 516 | 2.3 | 5 | 0.02 | 1.0 | 96 |
| 1920 | 808 | 3.5 | 11 | 0.05 | 1.4 | 96 |
| 1921 | 1649 | 7.7 | 7 | 0.03 | 0.4 | 96 |
| 1922 | 1102 | 5.2 | 20 | 0.09 | 1.8 | 99 |
| 1923 | 425 | 2.0 | 3 | 0.01 | 0.7 | 99 |
| 1924 | 658 | 3.0 | 12 | 0 05 | 1.8 | 98 |
Of the 759 cases notified, 747, or 98.4 per cent., were removed to hospital.