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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 1913

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Table: The work done in cleansing verminous clothing, etc., is shown in the following table: —

The work done in cleansing verminous clothing, etc., is shown in the following table: —

Destroyed.Disinfected
Beds, mattresses and palliasses1032
Bolsters and pillows131
Sheets, blankets, and counterpanes179
Rugs, mats, cushions, carpets, covers, and curtains326
Wearing apparel17273
Sundries1399
Total45540

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PUBLIC MORTUARIES AND CORONERS' COURT.
Number of bodies deposited in the General Mortuary during 1913 416
„ ,, Infectious ,, „ 7
Total 423
Inquests hf.i.d during 1913—
In the Coroner's Court—General Cases 370
,, „ Poor Law „ 52
Elsewhere in St. Pancras —
Total 422
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.

Table: The following work has been done by the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Chelsea Gardens, S.W., at the expense of the Borough in respect of St. Pancras persons: —

The following work has been done by the Lister Institute of Preventative Medicine, Chelsea Gardens, S.W., at the expense of the Borough in respect of St. Pancras persons: —

Total.Positive.Negative.
Examinations of swabs for B. diphtheria26697169
,,sputum for B. tuberculosis19840158
„ blood for Widal reaction (typhoid)311714

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CLERICAL WORK.
The following- figures gve an indication of the clerical work done during*
1913. Much other clerical work (such as the vital statistics, and the eeping
of notification and other accounts) is also done by the clerical staff.
No. of complaints received (communications 1744
,, notifications of dangerous infectious disease received 1308
,, ,, reported in daily returns to Metropolitan Asylums
Board 1308
,, ,, ,, ,, School teachers 1470
,, ,, „ ,, St. Pancras Library 1263
,, advisory notices sent to householders in respect of above
notifications 1308
„ statutory notices served requiring disinfection 1308
,, certificates of disinfection forwarded 1170