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St Pancras 1926

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

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Table: Cleansing Station. The amount of work carried out during the year is shown in the following table. The figures represent the number of attendances. At each attendance the person receives a bath, and the clothing is disinfected:-

Cleansing Station. The amount of work carried out during the year is shown in the following table. The figures represent the number of attendances. At each attendance the person receives a bath, and the clothing is disinfected:-

Men.Women.Children under 15.Total.
Vermin945564749*5750
Scabies2053583656
Totals96510953326406

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• Includes 503 males and 11 females who had no home address,
The staff of the Disinfecting and Cleansing Station consists of a Foreman, a Disinfector
and 2 Motor Drivers and Disinfectors; a Matron of the Cleansing Station and 2 Women
Assistants.
DISINFECTING VANS.
The question of substituting motor, in place of horse-drawn, vehicles was considered by
the Public Health Committee during the year. The Council endorsed a recommendation to
purchase two 12-cwt. Morris Chassis, each fitted with a special zinc-lined body made to the
Council's specification.
These have proved very satisfactory in use, and the transport of infected and disinfected
articles is carried out with much greater expedition.
BACTERIOLOGICAL WORK.
To aid in diagnosis and to detect contact or carrier cases the Borough Council provides
bacteriological diagnosis, free of charge, in connection with certain diseases.
In addition to the above, the preparation and supply of vaccines is undertaken, if desired
by the medical attendant, for use in connection with cases of Puerperal Fever.
This work is performed under an arrangement made with the Council by Professor
F. H. Teale, m.d., of University College Hospital.

Table: The undermentioned examinations were made during the year:—

The undermentioned examinations were made during the year:—

Nature of Specimen.Positive.Negative.Total.
Swabs for Diphtheria Bacilli25311591412
Blood, re Typhoid Fever369
Sputum for Tubercle Bacilli50458508

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Facilities for the examination of Cerebro-spinal fluid in suspected cases of Poliomyelitis,
Encephalitis Lethargica and Cerebro-spinal Fever are available through the London County
Council's laboratory, and for the examination of blood in cases of suspected Malaria through
the Ministry of Health.