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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 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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| General | 2,658 |
| Factories (with mechanical power) | 240 |
| Factories (without mechanical power) | 39 |
| Workplaces | 31 |
| Rent Restrictions Acts | 51 |
| Notifications | Comparable totals for 1944 | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 and over | Total | ||
| Acute influenzal and primary pneumonia | 38 | 98 | 136 | 123 |
| Anterior poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | 1 | 4 | 5 | - |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 4 | 4 | 8 | 10 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 1 | 103 | 104 | 58 |
| Dysentery | 67 | 88 | 155 | 56 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | - | - | — | 2 |
| Enteric or typhoid fever | — | 5 | 5 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | 3 | 57 | 60 | 56 |
| Food poisoning | — | 8 | 8 | 3 |
| Malaria | — | 4 | 4 | 2 |
| Measles | 71 | 954 | 1,025 | 798 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 10 | - | 10 | 6 |
| Puerperal fever | - | 19 | 19 | 16 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | 34 | 34 | 27 |
| Scabies | 21 | 866 | 887 | 931 |
| Scarlatina or scarlet fever | 1 | 244 | 245 | 184 |
| Typhus | _ | 2 | 2 | — |
| Whooping cough | 32 | 151 | 183 | 575 |
It was subsequently ascertained that the following notifications which are included in the preceding table, were not regarded as cases of the disease as originally diagnosed:—
| Under 1 | Over 1 | Total | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Anterior poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | — | 35 | 35 |
| Dysentery | 8 | 15 | 23 |
| Erysipelas | — | 3 | 3 |
| Measles | 2 | 5 | 7 |
| Scarlatina or scarlet fever | — | 12 | 12 |
| Whooping cough | 2 | 7 | 9 |
| Positive. | Negative. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Diphtheria bacilli | 38 | 731 | 769 |
| Tubercle bacilli | 8 | 89 | 97 |
| Others | 7 | 16 | 23 |
| 53 | 836 | 889 |