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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 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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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 | 1 | 5 | — |
| Puerperal Fever | — | 12 | — |
| Diphtheria | 1 | — | — |
| Venereal | — | 1 | — |
Cleansing Station.
The amount of work done here during the year is indicated in the following tabic. 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 | 521 | 16 | 3638 | *4175 |
| Scabies | 111 | 72 | 2183 | 2366 | |
| Cases from outside St. Pancras | Vermin | 109 | 2 | 1014 | 1125 |
| Scabies | 1 | — | 569 | 570 | |
| Vermin | 630 | 18 | 4652 | 5300 | |
| Scabies | 112 | 72 | 2752 | 2936 | |
| Total | 742 | 90 | 7404 | 8236 |
*Includes 251 males and 5 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 conferrfd 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 7381 baths were paid for on this scale during the year.
110 verminous persons from common lodging houses outside the borough were paid
for by the London County Council at the rate of Is. per attendance.
TUBERCULOSIS.
The number of notifications of civilian cases of tuberculosis received during 1920 are
set out in the following table, in the form required by the Ministry of Health:—