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]
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Infectious Diseases.—Table 7 A.
St. Pancras District and Sub-Districts.
Table of cases of Infectious Sickness Certified Notifications, classified according to diseases, ages, and localities, occurring during the 52 Weeks ending Saturday, 28th December, 1895.
PUBLIC INSTITUTIONS. Non-Parishioners in Public Institutions within the District are excluded. Parishioners in Public Institutions without the District are included. Parishioners in Public Institutions, whether within or without the District, are classified in the respective Districts of their previous residence. | ages. | Regent's Park. | Tottenham Court. | Gray's Inn Lane. | Somers Town. | Camden Town. | Kentish Town. | No Address. | Totals St. Pancras. | Totals St. Pancras, All Ages. | |
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Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | |||||||||||
1. Variola, Smallpox | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 14 | |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 8 | .. | 14 | |||
2. Scarlatina, Scarlet Fever | Under 5 | 47 | 30 | 47 | 52 | 22 | 109 | .. | 307 | 1053 | |
5 upwards | 139 | 79 | 94 | 136 | 39 | 259 | .. | 746 | |||
3. Diphtheria | Under 5 | 18 | 14 | 15 | 42 | 7 | 88 | .. | 184 | 522 | |
5 upwards | 47 | 25 | 49 | 76 | 10 | 131 | .. | 338 | |||
4. Memoranous Croup | Under 5 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 5 | .. | 11 | 16 | |
5 upwards | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 3 | .. | 5 | ||||
5. Typhus Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
6. Enteric or Typhoid Fever | Under 5 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 7 | 144 | |
5 upwards | 26 | 22 | 22 | 7 | 5 | 55 | .. | 137 | |||
7. Fever, Simple and Continued | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 3 | |
5 upwards | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | |||
8. Relapsing Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | |||
9. Puerperal Fever | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 17 | |
5 upwards | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | .. | 13 | .. | 17 | |||
10, Cholera | Under 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |
5 upwards | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | |||
11. Erysipelas | Under 5 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 9 | .. | 20 | 408 | |
5 upwards | 24 | 32 | 49 | 51 | 97 | 35 | .. | 388 | |||
Totals | Under 5 | 70 | 50 | 64 | 99 | 30 | 216 | .. | 529 | 2178 | |
5 upwards | 238 | 16o | 225 | 270 | 151 | 605 | .. | 1649 | |||
All ages | 308 | 210 | 289 | 369 | 181 | 821 | .. | 2178 |