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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 1908
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| Removal from | Private Address. | Workhouse. | South Infirmary. | North Infirmary. | Central London Sick Asylum. | No Home. | Without St. Pancras. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private Address to | — | 55 | 35 | 69 | — | — | 2 | 161 |
| Workhouse to | 1 | — | 10 | 85 | — | — | 10 | 106 |
| South Infirmary to | 4 | 2 | — | 46 | — | — | — | 52 |
| North Infirmary to | 21 | 5 | — | — | — | 3 | 1 | 30 |
| Central London Sick Asylum to | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| No home to | — | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Without St. Pancras to | 4 | 1 | 2 | — | 34 | — | — | 41 |
| Totals | 30 | 70 | 47 | 200 | 34 | 3 | 14 | 398 |
N.B.—Tlic same Patient may have been removed to and fro several times, hence the
above represent removals and not Patients. The figures this quarter are
unusually swelled by the coming into force of the Tuberculosis Order of the
Local Government Board, 1908.
Number of cases of Consumption known to the Department as resident in tli several places stated hereunder on the last day of the first quarter of the year 1909 :—
| Cases remaining in | W. | S. | E. | N. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Pancras Workhouse | — | — | — | — | — | |
| „ South Infirmary | — | — | 19 | — | 19 | |
| „ North Infirmary | — | — | — | 151 | 151 | |
| Central London Sick Asylum | — | 24 | — | — | 24 | |
| Private Addresses. | Notified by District Medical Officer | 3 | 5 | 0 | 5 | 13 |
| Returned from Infirmaries | 3 | 3 | 1 | 0 | 7 | |
| — | 1 | — | — | 1 | ||
| Notified from outside St. Pancras | ||||||
| Total | 6 | 33 | 20 | 156 | 215 | |