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St Pancras 1931

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]

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The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable infectious diseases other than Tuberculosis are classified in the following table according to the Wards in which they occurred:-

INFECTIOUS DISEASES.Notifications.Deaths.
Ward.Whole Borough.Ward.Whole Borough
1234567812345678
1.Small-pox—2—————24—————————
2.Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever7643752778342478435——1—1———2
3.Diphtheria and Membranous Croup5734443742311573†33444222——519
4.Enteric or Typhoid Fever1—2152—213——1—————1
5.Puerperal Fever2572512—24—1——1———2
6.,, Pyrexia6343114—738———1————‡1
7.Erysipelas1612815121161696———411—28
8.Ccrebro-spinal Meningitis21233——11321133——111
9.Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis——————11———————11
10.Ophthalmia Neonatorum32118663645—————————
11.Encephalitis Lethargica——11————2—111————3
12.Acute Primary Pneumonia322224272926428†193—————————
13.Acutc Influenzal Pneumonia11821111642679—————————
14.Malaria———————11—————————
15.Dysentery—1——————1—————————
16.Measles7669963773191445†430—1————1—2
17.German Measles486419391568—————————
Totals28621030117625914179281177668611811950

* For Pneumonia deaths, see Table 2 page ico.
† Including 3 cases—"homeless." (1 each of Diphtheria, Acute Primary Pneumonia, and Measles.)
‡ Cause of Death classified by Registrar-General to " Influenza."