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St Pancras 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Return showing the number of Persons successfully vaccinated and re-vaccinated at the cost of the rates by the Medical Officers of Institutions and the Public Vaccinators during the year ended 30th September, 1930:—
| Name of Institution or Vaccination District. | Name of the Medical Officer or Public Vaccinator. | Nos. of Successful Primary Vaccinations of Persons. | No. of Successful Re-vaccinations, i.e., Successful Vaccination of Persons who had been Successfully Vaccinated at some previous time. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under one year of age. | One year and upwards. | Total. | |||
| Ward 1 | Dr. N. J. Goodchild | 165 | 85 | 250 | 167 |
| „ 2 | „ F. L. Pelly | 113 | 248 | 361 | 114 |
| Wards 3 and 4 | „ J. Wigg | 334 | 184 | 518 | 110 |
| „ 5, 6, and 7 | „ A. E. Tait | 377 | 232 | 609 | 189 |
| Ward 8 | „ C. H. A. Alderton | 134 | 42 | 176 | 40 |
| Highgate Hospital | „ C. Thackray | 4 | 17 | 21 | 93 |
| St. Pancras Hospital | „ W. Feldman | 8 | 77 | 85 | 881 |
| Totals | 1135 | 885 | 2020 | 1594 | |
SCARLET FEVER.
The number of cases notified was 659, as compared with 668 cases during the previous
year. It was subsequently ascertained that 24 cases had been incorrectly diagnosed. The actual
number of cases was therefore 635. Seven deaths occurred ; this equals a case mortality of 1.1
per cent.
Return Cases.—This term is applied to cases of Scarlet Fever which occur in a house
within 28 days of the return from hospital of a previous case. 32 such cases occurred
during the year. In analysing the suspected causes of these infections, it was found that four
of them gave rise to two "return cases" each, the rest being single infections. Five of them
were reported to have had nasal discharge when discharged from hospital. The remainder
showed no obvious signs of being infectious.
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of cases notified was 568, as compared with 374 cases during the previous
year. It was subsequently reported by the hospital authorities that 48 cases had been incorrectly
diagnosed, the actual number of cases was therefore 520. This equals an attack rate of 2.5
per 1,000 of population. Thirty-two deaths occurred, giving a case mortality of 6.2 per cent.
Antitoxin for the treatment of cases of this disease is supplied to medical practitioners
free of charge by the Council. During the year 192 thousand units were provided.
ENTERIC OR TYPHOID FEVER.
Seven cases were notified during the year. On further investigation two of them were
found to have been incorrectly diagnosed, two were true Typhoid and three were cases of
Para B. Typhoid Fever.
There were no deaths among this group of notified cases. A case was brought to my
notice of a person who had contracted Enteric and died from it outside the Borough, but who
normally lived here and whose death therefore was allocated back to St. Pancras.