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 1933. The notifications
have not been corrected for any subsequent revision of diagnosis:—
DISEASES.
NOTIFICATIONS.
Total
all
Ages.
Cases
admitted to
Hospital.
Total
Deaths.
At Ages—Years.
Under
1 year.
I and
under 2.
2 ana
under 3.
3 and
under 4.
4 and
under 5.
5 and
under 10.
10 and
under 15.
15 and
under 20.
20 and
under 35.
35 and
under 45.
45 and
under 65.
65 and
upwards.
1. Small-pox
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
2. Scarlatina or Scarlet
Fever
6
22
46
59
56
263
118
24
48
9
2
—
653
632
4
3. Diphtheria and Membranous
Croup
3
17
23
34
36
139
49
16
37
6
3
—
363
362
13
4. Enteric or Typhoid
Fever
—
—
—
—
—
2
—
1
1
—
1
—
5
4
—
5. Puerperal Fever
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
15
4
—
—
20
20
5
6. Puerperal Pyrexia
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
7
32
6
—
—
45
39
—
7. Erysipelas
2
1
2
1
—
3
7
2
20
20
42
21
121
94
9
8. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis
2
3
—
—
—
—
1
—
1
—
—
—
8
8
6
9. Anterior Poliomyelitis
and Polioencephalitis
1
1
—
—
—
3
—
—
2
—
—
—
7
7
2
10. Ophthalmia Neonatorum
42
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
42
19
2
11. Encephalitis Lethargica
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
6
12. Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
3
—
2
2
—
5
3
7
15
20
43
11
111
67
*
13. Acute Primary Pneumonia
4
10
10
4
9
28
8
10
37
26
42
23
211
172
*
14. Malaria
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
2
—
3
3
—
15. Dysentery
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
—
1
—
—
—
1
1
1†
16. Measles
38
57
50
56
55
134
24
7
14
1
1
—
437
121
4
17. German Measles
13
24
31
44
42
232
3
20
30
6
3
—
486
81
—
18. Food Poisoning
—
—
—
—
—
1
3
3
13
4
4
—
28
6
—†
*For Pneumonia Deaths, see Table 2 on page 107.
† 1 Case of Food Poisoning died—death allocated to Acute Dysentery.