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St Pancras 1937
[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, 1937 :—
| 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 | 201 | 18 | 219 | 9 |
| „ 2 | „ F. L. Pelly | 128 | 12 | 140 | 2 |
| Wards 3 and 4 | , J. W. Wigg | 335 | 24 | 359 | 13 |
| ,, 5, 6, and 7 | „ A. E. Tait | 301 | 26 | 327 | 6 |
| Ward 8 | ,, C. H. Alderton . | 123 | 16 | 139 | 13 |
| St. Pancras Hospital | ,, W. Feldman | 11 | _ | 11 | _ |
| Totals | 1099 | 96 | 1195 | 43 | |
SCARLET FEVER.
The number of cases notified was 364, as compared with 434 cases during the previous
year. It was subsequently ascertained that -31 cases were not regarded as cases of this disease.
The actual number of cases was therefore 333. Three deaths occurred; this equals a case
mortality of 0-9 per hundred cases.
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. There were 6 such cases
during the year.
Multiple cases in one house—that is, several cases occurring more or less together—are
not as frequent as one might expect. In eight families there were two such cases, and
in one family there were three.
DIPHTHERIA.
The number of cases notified was 614, as compared with 487 cases during the previous
year. It was subsequently reported by the hospital authorities that 114 cases were not regarded
as cases of this disease. The actual number of cases was therefore 500. This equals an
attack rate of 2-7 per 1,000 of population. 15 deaths occurred, giving a case mortality of
3'0 per cent.
Investigation of multiple cases—that is, several cases occurring more or less together
in one house — shows that in 26 families there were two such cases, in nine families three
such cases and in three families four such cases in each home.
Antitoxin for the treatment of necessitous cases of this disease is supplied to medical
practitioners free of charge by the Council. During the year 112 thousand units were
provided.