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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 1949
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1949 (with 1948 comparison).
| " Disease | Notifications | Diagnosis subsequently revised | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Under 1 | 1 and over | Totals | ||||||
| 1949 | 1948 | 1949 | 1948 | 1949 | 1948 | 1949 | 1948 | |
| Acute Influenzal and Acute Primary Pneumonia | 1 | 4 | 111 | 83 | 112 | 87 | 1 | — |
| Anterior Poliomyelitis and Polioencaphalitis | 8 | — | 58 | 7 | 66 | 7 | 21 | 2 |
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 2 | 2 | 4 | 4 | 6 | 6 | 1 | 1 |
| Diphtheria and membranous croup | 2 | 3 | 9 | 34 | 11 | 37 | 9 | 20 |
| Dysentery | 6 | 3 | 60 | 58 | 66 | 61 | 1 | 2 |
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | — | 1 | 37 | 45 | 37 | 46 | 1 | 2 |
| Food poisoning | 1 | — | 11 | 2 | 12 | 2 | — | — |
| Malaria | — | —— | 1 | — | 1 | — | _ | _ |
| Measles | 65 | 69 | 1,081 | 1,292 | 1,146 | 1,361 | 5 | 9 |
| Ophthalmia neonatorum | 19 | 19 | — | — | 19 | 19 | — | — |
| * Puerperal Fever | — | — | — | 6 | — | 6 | — | — |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | — | — | 15 | 34 | 15 | 34 | — | — |
| Scabies | — | 3 | 65 | 135 | 65 | 138 | — | — |
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 2 | 1 | 179 | 131 | 181 | 132 | 9 | 10 |
| Smallpox | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Whooping Cough | 45 | 36 | 275 | 327 | 320 | 363 | 4 | 5 |
* Ceased to be notifiable as from October, 1948.