Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Measles
Particulars of tne cases, deaths and incidence and mortality rates of Measles since 1929 are given in the following table:-
Estimated population | Year | Cases | Deaths | ||||||||
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Under 1 year | Over 1 year | Total | Incidence rate per 1,000 population | Under 1 year | 1-5 years | 5-15 years | Adults | Total | Mortality rate per 1,000 cases | ||
204,400 | 1929 | 28 | 563 | 591 | 3.0 | - | 4 | 3 | 7 | 11.8 | |
204,400 | 1930 | 179 | 3,297 | 3,476 | 17.1 | 3 | 26 | 2 | - | 31 | 8.9 |
195,600 | 1931 | 31 | 399 | 430 | 2.2 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 4.7 |
194,000 | 1932 | 135 | 2,730 | 2,865 | 14.8 | 6 | 21 | - | - | 27 | 9.4 |
190,900 | 1933 | 38 | 399 | 437 | 2.2 | - | 4 | - | - | 4 | 9.2 |
187,540 | 1934 | 195 | 3,443 | 3,638 | 19.4 | 8 | 23 | 1 | - | 32 | 8.8 |
185,300 | 1935 | 23 | 97 | 120 | 0.6 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 8.3 |
183,900 | 1936 | 180 | 2,795 | 2,975 | 16.2 | 3 | 12 | 2 | - | 17 | 5.7 |
181,900 | 1937 | 28 | 610 | 638 | 3.5 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 1.5 |
179,400 | 1938 | 166 | 2,171 | 2,337 | 13.0 | 5 | 6 | 1 | - | 12 | 5.1 |
167,300 | 1939 | 14 | 71 | 85 | 0.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
133,200 | 1940 | 20 | 265 | 285 | 2.1 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3.5 |
103,770 | 1941 | 45 | 571 | 616 | 5.9 | 1 | - | 1 | - | 2 | 3.2 |
105,900 | 1942 | 91 | 1,401 | 1,492 | 14.1 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
108,640 | 1943 | 89 | 993 | 1,082 | 9.9 | 1 | 3 | - | - | 4 | 3.7 |
105,780 | 1944 | 50 | 748 | 798 | 7.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
111,400 | 1945 | 71 | 954 | 1,025 | 9.2 | - | - | 1 | - | 1 | 1.0 |
129,410 | 1946 | 74 | 1,041 | 1,115 | 8.6 | 1 | 1 | - | - | 2 | 1.8 |
136,700 | 1947 | 56 | 846 | 902 | 6.6 | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 2.2 |
140,200 | 1948 | 69 | 1,292 | 1,361 | 9.7 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 0.7 |
141,330 | 1949 | 65 | 1,081 | 1,146 | 8.1 | 1 | - | - | - | 1 | 0.8 |
141.300 | 1950 | 39 | 1,018 | 1,057 | 7.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
139,100 | 1951 | 104 | 1,889 | 1,993 | 14.3 | - | 1 | - | 1 | 0.5 | |
139,600 | 1952 | 27 | 1,158 | 1,185 | 8.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
138,400 | 1953 | 74 | 1,297 | 1,371 | 9.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
136,400 | 1954 | 13 | 385 | 398 | 2.9 | - | - | - | - | - | |
134,500 | 1955 | 60 | 1,558 | 1,618 | 12.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
133,100 | 1956 | 37 | 790 | 827 | 6.2 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
132,000 | 1957 | 62 | 956 | 1,018 | 7.7 | - | - | - | - | - | |
130,800 | 1958 | 71 | 1,434 | 1,505 | 11.5 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
128,700 | 1959 | 42 | 553 | 595 | 4.6 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
127,710 | 1960 | 29 | 491 | 520 | 4.0 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
125,340 | 1961 | 76 | 1,546 | 1,622 | 12.9 | - | - | - | - | - | - |
124,470 | 1962 | 24 | 564 | 588 | 4.7 | - | - | - | - | - | - |