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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 1953
[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.
| 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Measles | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | |||||||||||
| Whooping cough | 5 | - | 8 | 3 | 1 | 2 | 3 | - | 4 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Influenza | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Cerebro-spinal fever | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Syphilis | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Tuberculosis | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - |
| Meningitis | - | 1 | - | - | 3 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | - | 1 | - |
| Meningococcal infection | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Convulsions | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bronchitis | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 1 | 8 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 3 |
| Broncho-pneumonia | 13 | 16 | - | 10 | 10 | 20 | - | 7 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 7 | 8 | - | 1 |
| Pneumonia | 2 | 2 | 9 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 12 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | 3 | 8 | 7 |
| Enteritis and diarrhoea | 30 | 29 | 9 | 23 | 18 | 20 | 24 | 13 | 13 | 4 | 2 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 2 |
| Congenital malformations | 11 | 10 | 8 | 13 | 10 | 13 | 6 | 8 | 8 | 13 | 5 | 11 | 9 | 9 | 10 |
| Premature birth | 30 | 17 | 19 | 27 | 28 | 25 | 7 | 24 | 15 | 20 | 12 | 7 | 4 | 10 | 4 |
| Injury at birth | 4 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 8 | 7 | 4 | 12 | 9 | 9 | 13 | 7 | 9 | 13 | 11 |
| Atelectasis | 2 | 5 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 6 | 13 | 11 | 7 | 21 | 11 | 8 | 8 | 8 | 7 |
| Haemorrhage from umbilicus | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Lack of care of newborn | 1 | - | - | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Violence | - | 9 | - | 3 | - | 6 | 4 | 3 | 7 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - |
| Mikulier's disease | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Maternal toxaemia | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - |
| Melaena neonatorum | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Icterus gravis | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | - |
| Sept icaemia | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Bacillary dysentery | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Intussusception | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - |
| Haemolytic disease of newborn | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | 1 | 1 |
| Other diseases peculiar to first | |||||||||||||||
| year of life | - | - | - | 8 | - | 4 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 3 | 3 | - | - | - |
| Other causes | 10 | 10 | 8 | 8 | 32 | 11 | 10 | 5 | 7 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 2 | ~ | 5 |
| Totals | 114 | 108 | 74 | 117 | 130 | 123 | 86 | 96 | 95 | 91 | 70 | 67 | 56 | 56 | 52 |
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
(7090)
B 4