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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 1946
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Provision of Home Nursing for Specified Diseases.
Where home nursing is necessary for the case, this is arranged for by the health visitor
and carried out by the staffs of the several nursing associations.
Where a medical practitioner is in attendance a card is left for him suggesting that if he
agrees that the circumstances show the desirability of a visiting nurse, this will be arranged
for and carried out under his instructions on receipt of the card duly signed by him.
Details as to the manner in which this work is done under a block grant from the Borough
Council, and the diseases covered, are reported in the Maternity and Child Welfare Section,
page 48.
Infectious Diseases.
| — | Notifications | Comparable totals for 1945 | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 and over | Total for 1946 | ||
| Acute influenzal and primary pneumonia | 6 | 117 | 123 | 136 |
| Anterior poliomyelitis and polioencephalitis | — | 3 | 3 | 5 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 1 | 8 | 9 | 8 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 4 | 90 | 94 | 104 |
| Dysentery | 13 | 79 | 92 | 155 |
| Encephalitis lethargica | — | — | — | — |
| Enteric or typhoid fever | — | 5 | 5 | 5 |
| Erysipelas | — | 53 | 53 | 60 |
| Food poisoning | — | 9 | 9 | 8 |
| Malaria | — | 7 | 7 | 4 |
| Measles | 74 | 1,041 | 1,115 | 1,025 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 33 | — | 33 | 10 |
| Puerperal fever | — | 6 | 6 | 19 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | 47 | 47 | 34 |
| Scabies | 19 | 680 | 699 | 887 |
| Scarlatina or scarlet fever | 2 | 242 | 244 | 245 |
| Typhus | — | — | — | 2 |
| Whooping cough | 65 | 446 | 511 | 183 |
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 |
| Ce rebro-spinal meningitis | — | 2 | 2 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 2 | 26 | 28 |
| Dysentery | 1 | 7 | 8 |
| Enteric fever | — | 1 | 1 |
| Erysipelas | — | 3 | 3 |
| Measles | 4 | 4 | 8 |
| Puerperal pyrexia | — | 1 | 1 |
| Scarlatina or scarlet fever | — | 14 | 14 |
| Whooping cough | 2 | 12 | 14 |
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