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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 1919
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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The following table shows the number of persons cleansed and disinfected after having been in contact with infectious disease :—
| Males. | Females. | Children under 10. | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 3 | 2 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 5 | — |
| Small Pox | 1 | 2 | — |
Cleansing station.
The amount of work done here during the year is indicated in the following table. The figures represent the number of attendances. At each attendance the person receives a bath, and his or her clothes are stoved.
| Men. | Women. | Children under 15. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pancras Cases | Vermin | 380 | 7 | 1415 | *1802 |
| Scabies | 50 | 51 | 2333 | 2434 | |
| Cases from outside St. Pancras | Vermin | 10 | 2 | 525 | 537 |
| Scabies | — | — | 893 | 893 | |
| Vermin | 390 | 9 | 1940 | 2339 | |
| Scabies | 50 | 51 | 3226 | 3327 | |
| Total | 440 | 60 | 5166 | 5666 | |
* Includes 158 males and 2 females who had no home address.
The school children included in the above table have in the main been brought
to the cleansing station from the Public Elementary Schools by officials of the
London County Council as the Education Authority under the powers conferred
upon them by their General Powers Act, 1904, Sec. 36, and the
Children Act, 1908, Sec. 122. A sum of one shilling per bath is paid by
the County Council to the Borough Council, according to an agreement
between the two Authorities, and 5127 baths were paid for on this scale during
the year.
12 verminous persons from common lodging houses outside the borough
were paid for by the London County Council at the rate of 1s. per attendance.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of notifications of civilian cases of tuberculosis received during
1919 are set out in the following table, in the form required by the Ministry
of Health ;—