Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The following table gives the number of cases notified, the number of deaths which
occurred, and the number of patients admitted to hospital during 1930. The notifications
have not been corrected for any subsequent revision of diagnosis:—
Notifiable Diseases (other than Tuberculosis).
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 2 | 143 | 287 | 95 | 80 | 51 | 1 | 659 | — | 2 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 7 | 569 |
3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 6 | 164 | 236 | 60 | 52 | 49 | 1 | 568 | 1 | 17 | 9 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 32 | 545 |
4. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | 6 |
5. Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | 9 | 10 | — | 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 9 |
6. Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | 18 | 34 | — | 52 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
7. Erysipelas | 3 | 6 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 73 | 25 | 120 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 4 | 2 | 9 | 72 |
8. Cerebrospinal Meningitis | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 2 | — | 5 | 7 |
9. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
10, Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 32 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
11. Encephalitis Lethargic | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 5 | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 2 | 5 | 3 |
12. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 9 | 21 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 82 | 19 | 170 | — | — | — | — | — | _ | — | — | *118 |
13. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | — | 1 | 2 | 2 | 06 | 11 | 2 | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 8 |
14. Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
15. Dysentery | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
16. Measles | 179 | 1857 | 1344 | 51 | 34 | 11 | _ | 3476 | 3 | 26 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 31 | 360 |
17. German Measles | 9 | 45 | 45 | 10 | 5 | 2 | — | 116 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 5 |
* For Pneumonia Deaths, see Table 2 on page 108.