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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 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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The notifications of, and deaths from, the notifiable diseases other than Tuberculosis aro classified
in the following table according to the Wards in which they occurred:—
The notification of, and deaths from, the notifiable diseases other than Tuberculosis are classified in the following table according to the Wards in which they occured:-
| DISEASES. | Notifications. | Deaths. | |||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Ward. | Whole Borough. | Ward. | Whole Borough | ||||||||||||||||
| 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | ||||
| 1. | 2 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 5 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2. | Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 84 | 63 | 98 | 50 | 50 | 28 | 84 | 517 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 5 | |
| 3. | Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 30 | 29 | 49 | 30 | 27 | 59 | 20 | 56 | †301 | 2 | — | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 10 |
| 4 | Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 8 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| 5. | Puerperal Fever | 3 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 30 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | — | ||9 | |
| 6. | ,, Pyrexia | 8 | 1 | 7 | 3 | 8 | 2 | 7 | 9 | †46 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ‡1 |
| 7. | Erysipelas | 21 | 12 | 21 | 21 | 12 | 16 | 3 | 11 | 117 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 5 | — | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| 8. | Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 2 | 2 | — | 3 | 2 | — | 2 | 1 | †13 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 9. | Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polio- | — | 1 | — | 1 | I | — | 1 | — | 4 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 10. | Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 9 | 4 | 19 | 5 | 14 | 13 | 5 | 5 | 74 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 11. | Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 12. | Acute Primary Pneumonia | 31 | 16 | 31 | 25 | 27 | 13 | 5 | 30 | 178 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| 13. | Acute Influenzal Pneumonia | 23 | 5 | 10 | 10 | 11 | 2 | 2 | 5 | 68 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 14. | Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 2 |
| 15. | Dysentery | — | — | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 16. | Measles | 402 | 414 | 482 | 433 | 369 | 340 | 96 | 325 | †2865 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 27 |
| 17. | German Measles | 14 | 3 | 12 | 4 | 3 | 7 | 6 | 16 | 65 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18. | Food Poisoning | 1 | — | 3 | 2 | 6 | — | 3 | 1 | 16 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 631 | 554 | 740 | 607 | 537 | 505 | 183 | 548 | 4312 | 9 | 9 | 18 | 13 | 11 | 8 | 9 | 5 | 82 | |
| *For Pneumonia deaths, see Table, 2 page 102. †Including 7 cases—"homeless." (1 each of Diphtheria, Puerperal Pyrexia, and Cerebro-spinal Meningitis and 4 Measles.) ‡Cause of Death classified by Registrar-General to "Mitral Stenosis." ||Including one case not notified to this Borough as the death occurred outside London. | |||||||||||||||||||