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St Pancras 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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SECTION 4.
Sanitary Circumstances of the Area.
| Population | 212,500 | 214,400 | 214,600 | 216,300 | 216,800 | 213.200 | 206,000 | 204,400 | 204,400 | 195,600 | 194,000 | 190,900 | 187,540 | 185,300 | 183,900 | 181,900 | 179,400 | 167,300 | 133,200 | 103,770 | 105,900 | 108.640 | 105,780 | 111,400 | 129,410 | 136,700 | 140,200 | 141,330 | 141,300 | 139,100 | 139,600 | 138,400 | |
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| 1922 | 1923 | 1924 | 1925 | 1926 | 1927 | 1928 | 1929 | 1930 | 1931 | 1932 | 1933 | 1934 | 1935 | 1936 | 1937 | 1938 | 1939 | 1940 | 1941 | 1942 | 1943 | 1944 | 1945 | 1946 | 1947 | 1948 | 1949 | 1950 | 1951 | 1952 | 1953 | ||
| Acute Influenza and Influenzal Pneumonia | 189 | 40 | 131 | 76 | 60 | 121 | 65 | 208 | 24 | 79 | 68 | 111 | 55 | 44 | 46 | 79 | 39 | 31 | 20 | 38 | 26 | 44 | 34 | ||||||||||
| Acute Primary Pneumonia | 384 | 286 | 293 | 231 | 218 | 178 | 282 | 250 | 170 | 193 | 178 | 211 | 300 | 151 | 182 | 150 | 166 | 168 | 86 | 103 | 89 | 79 | 89 | 136 | 97 | 87 | 94 | 121 | 104 | 103 | |||
| Acute Poliomyelitis | 1 | 6 | 5 | 6 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 7 | 2 | 4 | 2 | 8 | 5 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | - | 5 | 3 | 36 | 7 | 66 | 26 | 7 | 27 | 36 | |
| Anthrax | - | - | - | 1 | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||||||
| Meningococcal infection | 7 | 2 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 3 | 4 | 7 | 12 | 13 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | 6 | 13 | 12 | 37 | 29 | 14 | 5 | 10 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 6 | 6 | 6 | 7 | 6 | 3 | |
| Continued Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Diphtheria or Membranous Croup | 725 | 512 | 623 | 704 | 523 | 390 | 407 | 374 | 568 | 334 | 301 | 363 | 456 | 440 | 487 | 614 | 374 | 157 | 84 | 118 | 101 | 99 | 58 | 104 | 94 | 41 | 37 | 11 | 8 | 12 | 11 | 8 | |
| Dysentery | 3 | 3 | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 30 | 51 | 57 | 84 | 63 | 10 | 2 | 19 | 54 | 31 | 56 | 155 | 92 | 24 | 61 | 66 | 44 | 160 | 84 | 161 | |
| Encephalitis Lethargica | 5 | 5 | 45 | 24 | 11 | 9 | 8 | 4 | 5 | 2 | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | |||
| Enteric or Typhoid Fever | 14 | 20 | 12 | 16 | 15 | 21 | 21 | 16 | 7 | 13 | 8 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 11 | 10 | 7 | 6 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 2 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 2 | 1 | - | 5 | 3 | - | 3 | |
| Erysipelas | 118 | 92 | 108 | 117 | 80 | 98 | 97 | 110 | 120 | 96 | 117 | 121 | 156 | 92 | 81 | 64 | 86 | 51 | 50 | 43 | 56 | 72 | 56 | 60 | 53 | 38 | 46 | 37 | 31 | 24 | 25 | 26 | |
| Food poisoning | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 28 | 22 | 10 | 22 | 65 | 8 | 4 | 1 | 7 | 2 | 15 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 7 | 2 | 12 | 41 | 40 | 19 | 30 | |||
| German Measles | 253 | 134 | 270 | 877 | 143 | 60 | 83 | 1074 | 116 | 68 | 65 | 486 | 191 | 145 | 78 | 120 | 355 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Malaria | 13 | 13 | 1 | 6 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 29 | 51 | 22 | 16 | 5 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 4 | 7 | 1 | - | 1 | 1 | - | 2 | 11 | |
| Measles | 3728 | 327 | 4332 | 1233 | 3734 | 417 | 3876 | 591 | 3476 | 430 | 2865 | 437 | 3638 | 120 | 2975 | 638 | 2337 | 85 | 285 | 616 | 1492 | 1082 | 798 | 1025 | 1115 | 902 | 1361 | 1146 | 1057 | 1993 | 1185 | 1371 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 59 | 51 | 52 | 37 | 43 | 38 | 32 | 36 | 32 | 45 | 74 | 42 | 33 | 23 | 31 | 26 | 22 | 23 | 16 | 19 | 21 | 12 | 6 | 10 | 33 | 23 | 19 | 19 | 16 | 7 | 29 | 7 | |
| Puerperal Fever | 11 | 20 | 16 | 23 | 14 | 22 | 19 | 23 | 19 | 24 | 30 | 20 | 14 | 24 | 9 | 14 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 16 | 19 | 6 | 5 | 6 | (e) | - | - | - | - | |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | - | - | - | 13 | 47 | 40 | 71 | 52 | 38 | 46 | 45 | 27 | 19 | 23 | 30 | 37 | 34 | 28 | 23 | 29 | 32 | 27 | 34 | 47 | 35 | 34 | 15 | 15 | 51 | 124 | 100 | ||
| Relapsing Fever | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | ||
| Scabies | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 546 | 931 | 887 | 699 | 300 | 138 | 65 | 48 | 45 | 52 | 45 | ||
| Scarlatina or Scarlet Fever | 1156 | 487 | 759 | 651 | 432 | 527 | 618 | 668 | 659 | 435 | 517 | 653 | 705 | 354 | 434 | 364 | 333 | 253 | 100 | 136 | 173 | 408 | 184 | 245 | 244 | 124 | 132 | 181 | 190 | 114 | 145 | 182 | |
| Small pox | 1 | - | 1 | - | 1 | - | 3 | 87 | 175 | 4 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | |
| Typhus | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | |
| Whooping Cough | - | " | ~ | - | ~ | - | ~ | - | - | - | " | " | ~ | - | - | 113 | 526 | 45 | 342 | 480 | 439 | 575 | 183 | 511 | 484 | 363 | 320 | 432 | 399 | 257 | 385 | ||
* Housing Inspector.
Engledow
Shackcloth
commenced
1st March.
Trevethick resigned 31st July.
Lloyd resigned 7th December.
Wilby
Willett
commenced
9th December.
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