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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 1921
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Table No. 9.
| First Visits. | Subsequent Visits, | Call made but admission not obtained. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Miss Bibby, | Miss Smith. | *Miss Payne. | *Miss Anthony. | *Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | †Miss Steggles. | Total. | | Miss Bibby. | Miss Smith. | *Miss Payne. | *Miss Anthony. | Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | fMiss Steggles. | Total. | Miss Bibby. | Miss Smith. | *Miss Payne. | *Miss Anthony. | *Miss Holland. | Mrs. Hunter. | Miss Anderson. | Miss Blaxland. | Miss Camman. | Miss Parnell. | †Miss Steggles. | Total. | Grand Total. | |
| Infants | - | 206 | - | - | - | 373 | 384 | 7 | 125 | 9 | 74 | 1178 | - | 220 | - | - | - | 263 | 372 | 190 | 38 | 2 | 24 | 1109 | - | 206 | - | - | - | 113 | 410 | 39 | 34 | 2 | 98 | 895 | 3182 |
| Expectant Mothers | - | 51 | - | 1 | - | 56 | 78 | - | 19 | - | - | 205 | - | 47 | - | - | - | 27 | 39 | 7 | - | 6 | 128 | - | 39 | - | - | - | 3 | 69 | - | 2 | - | 1 | 114 | 447 | |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | - | 91 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 4 | 9 | - | 106 | - | 194 | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | 2 | 12 | - | 210 | - | 60 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 3 | - | 63 | 379 |
| Puerperal Fever | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 12 | - | 4 | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | 2 | - | 7 | - | 3 | - | - | - | - | 2 | - | - | - | - | 5 | 24 |
| Tuberculosis | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | 215 | - | 342 | - | 558 | 1 | - | 8 | - | - | - | - | 1016 | - | 573 | - | 1598 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 936 | - | 919 | - | 455 | 2611 |
| Measles and German Measles | - | 28 | - | 9 | 14 | 49 | 135 | 94 | 392 | 96 | 375 | 1192 | - | 1 | - | - | - | 9 | 10 | 8 | 65 | 44 | 370 | 507 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 11 | 2 | 160 | 904 | 1903 | |
| Whooping Couph | - | 1 | - | - | - | 44 | 17 | - | 16 | - | 1 | 79 | - | 3 | - | - | - | 66 | 15 | - | 10 | - | 2 | 96 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | - | - | 19 | 74 | 3 | - | - | - | 1 | - | 25 | 122 | - | - | 5 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 16 | 23 | - | - | 9 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 19 | 28 | 173 |
| Other Cases of Illness | - | 49 | - | - | - | 141 | 82 | 33 | 415 | 289 | 21 | 1030 | - | 10 | - | - | - | 37 | 31 | 95 | 78 | 46 | 25 | 322 | - | 9 | - | - | - | 5 | 19 | 8 | 23 | 96 | 6 | 96 | 1448 |
| Verminous Persons | - | - | 27 | 80 | 23 | - | - | - | - | - | 66 | 196 | - | - | 2 | 8 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 | 14 | - | - | 14 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 97 | 41 | 251 |
| To Hospitals and other Voluntary Institutions | 319 | 498 | - | - | - | 199 | 157 | 485 | 138 | 463 | 21 | 2280 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 38 | 1 | 4 | 43 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 7 | 1 | - | - | 3 | 11 | 2334 |
| Domestic Workshops | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| Home Workplaces | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Laundries-Factory | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| „ Workshop | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Restaurant Kitchens | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | 36 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 36 |
| Other Factories | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| „ Workshops | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
| „ Workplaces | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |
| Enquiries re milk grants | - | - | 4 | - | - | 15 | 23 | - | 385 | 12 | 202 | 641 | - | - | 7 | - | - | - | 14 | 58 | 29 | - | 33 | 141 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 | 7 | 26 | 1 | 59 | 101 | 883 |
| Attendances at Committees, &c. | 159 | 45 | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | 205 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 205 |
| Other Visits and Inspections | 25 | 24 | 9 | - | - | 238 | 16 | 24 | 110 | 64 | 12 | 522 | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | 9 | 17 | - | 8 | 35 | - | 1 | 1 | - | - | - | 2 | 5 | 2 | - | 2 | 13 | 570 |
| Totals | 505 | 1002 | 59 | 164 | 40 | 1155 | 893 | 858 | 1605 | 1286 | 797 | 8364 | 1 | 479 | 22 | 10 | - | 404 | 483 | 1378 | 284 | 680 | 492 | 4233 | - | 318 | 24 | - | - | 121 | 524 | 300 | 113 | 253 | 377 | 2030 | 14627 |
* Exclusive of those shown in Table 7.
† Temporary.