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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 1925
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table gives the number of notification of the notifiable infectious diseases
received in each month of the year:—
Monthly Number of Cases of Infectious Disease Notified during 1925.
| 1st Quarter. | 2nd Quarter. | 3rd Quarter. | 4th Quarter. | Total. | |||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Jan. | Feb. | Mar. | April. | May. | June. | July. | Aug. | Sept. | Oct. | Nov. | Dec. | ||
| Scarlet Fever | 51 | 74 | 73 | 49 | 36 | 41 | 28 | 25 | 60 | 82 | 65 | 67 | |
| Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 57 | 62 | 78 | 40 | 62 | 52 | 57 | 31 | 73 | 91 | 55 | 46 | |
| Enteric Fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 4 | 1 | — | — | 3 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | — | 2 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 7 | 10 | 13 | 9 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 13 | |
| Anthrax | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Cerebrospinal Meningitis | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Poliomyelitis | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 4 | 2 | 10 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 2 | 1 | — | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | |
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 17 | 20 | 25 | 18 | 18 | 20 | 9 | 6 | 13 | 13 | 30 | 42 | |
| Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 10 | 29 | 14 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 4 | 1 | |
| Malaria | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | |
| Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| Measles | 42 | 79 | 207 | 170 | 106 | 65 | 87 | 45 | 32 | 71 | 57 | 272 | |
| German Measles | 52 | 55 | 196 | 229 | 157 | 84 | 37 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 13 | |
| Tuberculosis (Pulmonary) | 34 | 29 | 45 | 23 | 28 | 43 | 31 | 23 | 47 | 33 | 21 | 32 | |
| Tuberculosis (Other Forms) | 5 | 12 | 18 | 5 | 10 | 11 | 8 | 7 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 3 | |
| Totals | 294 | 373 | 682 | 559 | 435 | 333 | 282 | 185 | 272 | 332 | 258 | 497 | |
The total number of cases of the compulsorily notifiable infectious diseases, namely,
4502, compares favourably with the corresponding figure for the previous year, when 7217
cases were notified, and with the average yearly number for the past 5 years, which is 5678.
The decrease was principally due to the reduction in the number of cases of measles. Cases of
scarlet fever and pneumonia were also less, the former showing a reduction of 108 and the
latter of 117 cases as compared with the previous year.