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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 1856
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[ SCHEDULE B. ] St. Pancras, Middlesex.—Cases of Sickness under the care of the District Medical Officers during the Five Weeks ending 31st of May, 1856.
| Districts. | Names of Medical Officers. | Total No. of Cases. | Low Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Erysipelas and Pyoeraia. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Bronchitis, Pleurisy, and Pneumonia. L_ | Consumption. | Carbuncles and Boils. | Acute Rheumatism. | Other Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North-West | Mr. Adams | 148 | 7 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 6 | .. | 5 | 113 | |
| South-West | Dr. Wii.dbore | 272 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 6 | 3 | 8 | 14 | 39 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 178 |
| South-East | Dr. Davis | 100 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | .. | 8 | .. | 1 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 74 |
| Central | Mr. SUTHERN | 112 | 4 | 14 | .. | • • | .. | • • | .. | 16 | .. | • • | 1 | 77 |
| North | Mr. Jefferys | 108 | 4 | 3 | •• | 2 | •• | •• | 2 | 3 | 2 | •• | 1 | 91 |
| Totals | 740 | 22 | 28 | 9 | 10 | 5 | 18 | 20 | 62 | 16 | 7 | 10 | 533 | |