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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 1938
[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 19:58. The notifications
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| DISEASES. | NOTIFICATIONS. | Total all Ages. | Cases admitted to Hospital. | Total Deaths. | |||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| At Ages—Years. | |||||||||||||||
| Under 1 year. | 1 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. | ||||
| I. Small-pox | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 2. Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 6 | 10 | 21 | 25 | 43 | 130 | 46 | 13 | 22 | 3 | 5 | — | 333 | 319 | — |
| 3. Diphtheria and Membranous Croup | 10 | 20 | 28 | 26 | 28 | 147 | 39 | 26 | 40 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 374 | 374 | 8 |
| 4. Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 3 | 2 | 5 | 15 | 8 | 28 | 20 | 86 | 66 | 5 |
| 5. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | —— | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | 7 | 7 | 2 |
| 6. Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 7 | — | |
| 7. Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 31 | 2 | — | — | 37 | 36 | — |
| 8. Cerebro-spinal Meningitis | 3 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 13 | 12 | 5 |
| 9. Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencephalitis | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | 5 | 5 | — |
| 10, Ophthalmia Neonatorum | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 22 | 12 | — | |
| 11. Encephalitis Lethargica | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| 12. Acute Influenza and Influenzal Pneumonia | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 2 | 5 | — | 3 | 6 | 2 | 12 | 4 | 39 | 21 | 6 |
| 13. Acute Primary Pneumonia | 11 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 4 | IS | 4 | 10 | 33 | 16 | 35 | 11 | 166 | 128 | 5 |
| 14. Malaria | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | — | 2 | — | 5 | 4 | 1 |
| 15. Dysentery | 12 | 4 | 10 | 4 | 3 | 9 | — | 3 | 9 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 63 | 58 | 2 |
| 16. Measles | 166 | 242 | 296 | 324 | 333 | 847 | 66 | 14 | 42 | 7 | — | - | 2337 | 675 | 12 |
| 17. German Measles† | 8 | 28 | 32 | 28 | 33 | 148 | 46 | 9 | 19 | 4 | — | — | 355 | 72 | — |
| 18. Food Poisoning.. | — | — | _ | _ | — | 2 | 1 | — | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 8 | 1 | — |
| 19. Whooping Cough† | 17 | 17 | 10 | 18 | '4 | 36 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 113 | 68 | 3 |
| 20. Continued Fever | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
For Pneumonia Deaths, see Tables on pages 21 and 22.
† Whooping Cough was notifiable as from 1st October, and German Measles ceased to be notifiable as from that date.