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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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MEASLES—Mortality rate per 1,000 cases.
Ophthalmia Neonatorum.
The number of cases notified was 33, and in addition 62 cases of mild inflammation of
the eyes were reported.
24 cases recovered satisfactorily, without impairment of vision, 7 were removed from the
district, and 2 were still under treatment at the end of the year.
Puerperal Pyrexia and Puerperal Fever.
In 1946 there were 47 notifications of Puerperal Pyrexia and six notifications of
Puerperal Fever.
Scabies.
699 cases were notified and visited, as compared with 887 in 1945, 931 in 1944, and 546
in 1943 (for five months only).
| Situation of Disease. | Ages. | Totals. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 0-15. | 15-20. | 20-25. | 25-35. | 35-45. | 45-55. | 55-65 | 65-75. | 75-85. | 85 and up. | M. | F. | |
| Tongue | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Salivary Gland | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Tonsil | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | |
| Hypopharynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Pharynx | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Oesophagus | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3 | 3 | - | 4 | 5 |
| Stomach | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 6 | 10 | 9 | 6 | 3 | 30 | 8 |
| Large Intestine | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | 2 | 13 | 4 | 1 | 9 | 14 |
| Rectum | - | - | - | - | 2 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 6 | 8 | |
| Ampulla of Vater | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | - |
| Gallbladder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 2 |
| Liver | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - |
| Pancreas | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 4 | 5 | 5 | 1 | 11 | 5 |
| Peritoneum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | |
| Larynx | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 3 | _ | |
| Lung and Bronchus | - | - | - | - | 1 | 12 | 28 | 26 | 12 | 1 | 70 | 10 |
| Mediastinum | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ | 1 | _ |
| Breast | - | - | - | 1 | 3 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 1 | - | 16 | |
| Uterus | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 1 | - | 12 |
| Ovary | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | 3 |
| Prostate | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 1 | - | 5 | |
| Testis | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | ||
| Kidney | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1 |
| Bladder | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 4 | 3 | 1 | 9 | 3 |
| Brain | - | - | 1 | 1 | - | 1 | 2 | - | - | - | 4 | 1 |
| Thyroid Gland | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | _ | _ | _ | 1 | _ | |
| Thymus | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ | _ | 1 | _ | ||
| Abdomen | - | - | - | - | - | - | _ | _ | 1 | 1 | ||
| Multiple, Generalised | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | _ | _ | 1 | ||
| Lymphatic Tissue | - | - | 3 | 2 | - | - | 4 | 2 | - | 10 | 1 | |
| All Sites | - | - | 1 | 7 | 11 | 31 | 66 | 83 | 54 | 13 | 173 | 93 |