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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 1933
[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 are classified in the following table according to the Wards in which they occurred:—
| 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. Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| 2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 100 | 80 | 171 | 85 | 77 | 63 | 25 | 52 | 653 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 4 |
| 3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 39 | 53 | 83 | 45 | 49 | 31 | 22 | 41 | 363 | 2 | — | — | 1 | 4 | 1 | — | 4 | ||13 |
| 4. Entericor Typhoid Fever | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 5. Puerperal Fever | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 20 | — | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 5 |
| 6. ,, Pyrexia | 9 | 4 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 3 | †45 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 7. Erysipelas | 23 | 11 | 21 | 18 | 12 | 16 | 4 | 14 | † 121 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | ||9 |
| 8. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 8 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | — | 6 |
| 9. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 10. Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 6 | 11 | 3 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 42 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 |
| 11. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | ¶6 |
| 12. Acutc Influenzal Pneumonia | 21 | 7 | 26 | 13 | 20 | 12 | 2 | 8 | †111 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 13. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 39 | 18 | 24 | 22 | 26 | 38 | 10 | 34 | 211 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 14. Malaria | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 15. Dysentery | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | ‡1 |
| 16. Measles | 89 | 35 | 75 | 22 | 44 | 80 | 15 | 77 | 437 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 3 | — | 4 |
| 17. German Measles | 49 | 10 | 70 | 24 | 53 | 126 | 18 | 136 | 485 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 18. Food Poisoning | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 15 | 28 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | ‡— |
| Totals | 382 | 230 | 502 | 244 | 304 | 379 | 105 | 390 | †2541 | 7 | 2 | 9 | 5 | 10 | 3 | 5 | 7 | || ¶52 |
*for pneumonia deaths, see Table 2, page 107.
†Including 5 cases—"homeless" (1 of Puerperal Pyrexia, 2 each of Erysipelas and Acute Influenzal Pneumonia).
‡1 case of Food Poisoning died—Death allocated to Acute Dysentery.
|| Including two cases not notified to this Borough as the deaths occurred outside London (one each of Diphtheria and Erysipelas).
¶Including 2 deaths—"homeless."