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

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Total number of families on the waiting list:-

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Summary of Housing Surveys made during 1953.

Area	Number of houses				Number of shops			Total number of rooms in occupied houses	Total number of separate habitable dwellings	Occupants			No. of single person lettings	No. of cases of statutory overcrowding
Area	Empty	Occupied residentially	Occupied commercially	Total	Empty	Occupied	Total	Total number of rooms in occupied houses	Total number of separate habitable dwellings	Adults	Under 10 years	Total	No. of single person lettings	No. of cases of statutory overcrowding

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Accommodation required if rehoused.

Area	One bedroomed flats	Two bedroomed flats	Three bedroomed flats	Four bedroomed flats	Five bedroomed flats	Total

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REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. St. Pancras Town Hall, Euston Road N.W.1 Superintendent Registrar: John M. Lander. Deputy Superintendent Registrar: Henry J, Millichap

St.Pancras Sub-District	Registrar	Day and Hour of Fixed Attendance

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Summary of Statistics.

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Marriages. The following table shows the number of marriages which have taken place in the Borough since 1939, and the marriage rates for those years.

Year.	C. of E.	R.C.	Chapels.	Superintendent Registrar" s Office.	Total Marriages.	Estimated Population.	Marriage Rate per 1,000 Population

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Hospitals in the Borough.

Name and Address of Hospital.	Telephone Number.	Authority under which Functioning.	Number of Beds.

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DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE - 1953. from stated causes with age distribution.

Cause of death.	Age.
	Under 1 day	1 day to 1 week	1-2 weeks	2 3 weeks	3 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 6 months	6 9 months	9 12 months	Total deaths under 1 year
	Under 1 day	1 day to 1 week	1-2 weeks	2 3 weeks	3 4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and under 3 months	3 6 months	6 9 months	9 12 months	M.	F.

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Death Rates of Infants under 1 year of age

Year.	Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births.	Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births.	All Infants per 1.000 live births	All Infants Death rates comparison
Year.	Legitimate Infants per 1,000 legitimate live births.	Illegitimate Infants per 1,000 illegitimate live births.	All Infants per 1.000 live births	London Administrative County.	England and Wales.

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Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age, from stated causes, since 1939.

	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953

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Vital Statistics of Borough of St. Pancras since 1918.

Year.	Populat ion estimated at middle of each year.	Nett Registered live births belonging to the borough.		Nett deaths belonging to the borough.
		Nett Registered live births belonging to the borough.		At all ages.		Under 1 year of age.		Under 4 weeks.
		Number.	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population	Number.	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population	Number.	Rate per 1,000 nett live births.	Number.	Rate per 1,000 nett live births.

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Still Births, Illegitimate Births, and Deaths of Illegitimate Children.

Still Births.			Illegitimate Births.		Deaths of Illegitimate Children.
Still Births.			Illegitimate Births.		ynder 1 year.		Under 4 weeks.
Year.	Number (Illegitimates in brackets)	Rate per 1,000 births (live and still)	Number.	Rate per cent, of live births.	Number.	Rate per 1.000 Illegitim ate births.	Number.	Rate per 1,000 Illegitimate births.

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Maternal Mortality in Borough of St, Pancras in 1953

Cause of Death.	Ages.							Conditions.
Cause of Death.	15-20.	20-25.	25-30.	30-35.	35-40.	40-45.	45 and upward.	Married.	Single.	Widowed.

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Deaths from. Puerperal Causes during 1953 and preceding years

Year.	Sepsis.	Other Causes	Total.	Rate per 1 000 Live and Still Births.
Year.	Sepsis.	Other Causes	Total.	Sepsis	Other Causes.	Total.

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Deaths from Cancer of St. Pancras Residents during 1953.

Situation of Disease.	Ages.										Totals.
Situation of Disease.	0-15.	15-20.	20-25.	25-35.	35-45.	45-55.	55-65	65-75.	75-85.	85 and up.	M.	F.

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The following table shows the number of deaths of St. Pancras persons from certain diseases during the years 1918 to 1953:-

Year.	Cancer.	Tuberculosis.	Heart Disease.	Pneumonia (all forms)	Bronchitis.	Population

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Deaths from Tuberculosis of St. Pancras Residents during 1953c

Situation of Disease.	Under 1 year.		1-2 years.		2-5 years.		5-10 years.		10-15 years.		15-20 years.		20-25 years.		25-35 years.		35-45 years.		45-55 years.		55-65 years.		65-75 years.		75 and upwards.		Total.
Situation of Disease.	M.	P.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.	M.	F.

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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1953, (with 1952 comparison). Showing number of revised diagnoses.

Disease.	Notifications.						Diagnosis subsequently revised.
	Under 1		1 and over		Totals		Diagnosis subsequently revised.
	1953	1952	1953	1952	1953	1952	1953	1952

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Notifications of Infectious Diseases since 1922.

Population		212,500	214,400	214,600	216,300	216,800	213.200	206,000	204,400	204,400	195,600	194,000	190,900	187,540	185,300	183,900	181,900	179,400	167,300	133,200	103,770	105,900	108.640	105,780	111,400	129,410	136,700	140,200	141,330	141,300	139,100	139,600	138,400

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Measles. Particulars of the cases, deaths aAd incidence and mortality rates of Measles since 1926 are given in the followifys table: -

Estimated population.	Year.	Cases.				Deaths.
		Under 1 year.	Over 1 year.	Total	Incidence rate per 1,000 population.	Under 1 year.	1-5 years.	5-15 years.	Adults.	Total.	Mortality rate per 1.000 cases.

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Number of Primary Notifications,

	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 25	25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 and (upwards	Totals

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Dumber obtained from Special Death Reports and by Transfer from other districts.

	Age periods.
	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 20	20 to 25		25 to 35	35 to 45	45 to 55	55 to 65	65 and upwards	Total+s

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Nunber of deaths of Tuberculous patients.

	Age periods.
	0 to 1	1 to 5	5 to 10	10 to 15	15 to 25	25 to 45	45 to 65	65 and up	Totals

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The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of this disease during the past 15 years:-

Year	Estimated Population.	Notifications			Notification Rate per 1 000 population			Deaths			Death Rate per 1,000 population
		Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms	Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms	Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms	Pulmonary	Other forms	All forms

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Tuberculosis Register. The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1953:-

	Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary	Total

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This work is carried out either by Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square. W.C.I.

	Positive	Negative	Total

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The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year was as follows:- (1) Scabies,

	Men	Women	Children under 5	Schoolchildren	Total 1953	Total 1952

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(2) Verminous Conditions.

		Men	Women	Children under 5	School children	Total 1953	Total 1952

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Disinfesting. Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin:-

Cause		Number of Cases	Sprayeh anh Fumigateh
Cause		Number of Cases	Number of Rooms anh Contents	Rooms only		Contents only

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SECTION 4 Sanitary Circumstances, Visits by District Sanitary Inspectors -

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Visits by District Sanitary Inspectors - continued

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The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years.

	1945.	1946.	1947.	1948.	1949.	1950.	1951.	1952.	1953

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The above police court proceedings were taken under the following statutes or regulations: -

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The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year in regard to unfit basement and other rooms:-

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In addition 433 cases were referred to me by the Borough Council's Housing Department during the year and my recommendations were as follows:-

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The source of information and action taken are shown in the following table:-

Reported by	No.of cases	ACTION TAKEN
Reported by	No.of cases	Voluntarily removed to hospital or inst itut ion	Kept under observation at home together with the provision of various types of help	Deceased

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£652.1.0d. was recovered (an average of £8.7 2d. per burial) from the following sources: -

	£	s	d.

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NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948. Section 50.

Year	Gross Cost							Reimbursement obtained							Net cost to Council
Year	No. of burials	Amounts			Average per burial			Amounts			Average per burial			Percentage of initial outlay	Amounts			Average per burial			Percentage of gross cost

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The following table gives some particulars concerning blind persons in the borough.

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MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. The following table sets out the results of medical examinations carried out by myself and Dr. Tracy during the year:-

New Entrants.

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MORTUARY AND CORONER' S COURT. The following table shows the routine work undertaken during the year, with, in brackets, the corresponding figures for 1952:-

	Post-Mortem Examinations.		Received for Viewing or Convenience only.		Total.

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RODENT CONTROL. (Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949.) Details of the work carried out during the year in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-

	Premises.
	Private.	Business.	Total.

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Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1953 are given in the following table: -

Number of visits -

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Intimation Notices served relating to	Statutes under which served.
Intimation Notices served relating to	Factories Act,1937	Public Health (London) Act, 1936.	Food and Drugs Act, 1938.

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FACTORIES ACT,1937. The following particulars are furnished in accordance with Section 122(3) of the above Act, with respect to matters under Part I and Part VIII

Premises	Number on Register.	Number of
Premises	Number on Register.	Inspections.	Written Not ices.	Occupier Prosecuted.

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2. Cases in which defects were found.

Particulars	Found.	Remedied	Referred.		Number of prosecutions.
Particulars	Found.	Remedied	To H.M. Inspector.	By H.M. Inspector.	Number of prosecutions.

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The following table sets out the number of premises in which outworkers are working in the Borough, in accordance with the nature of the work carried out:-

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During 1953 the Council's Sanitary Inspectors paid 47 visits to such premises and took 18 samples.

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Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Food Inspectors during 1953 are given in the following table:-

Number of visits to-

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MILK SUPPLY The Number of dairies and milk distributors on the Register at the end of the year was: -

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The following licences were issued at the end of the year in accordance with these Regulations in respect of the year 1954:-

	Main Licences	Supplementary Licences

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836 samples (215 formal and 621 informal) were taken during 1953 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination of which five formal and ten informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:-

	Formal.		Informal.
	Genuine.	Unsatisfactory.	Genuine.	Unsatisfactory.

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The formal samples which were unsatisfactory were dealt with as follows:-

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The 53 samples of ice cream marked * above showed a fat content as follows -

Fat content per cent.	Number of samples.	Percentage of total samples.

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Details of the samples are given in the following table:-

	T.T. (Past)		Past.		Ster.		H.T.		Totals
	Sat isfactory	Unsat isfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Sat isfactory C	Unsatisfactory	Sat isfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory i

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The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year and preceding years:-

	1949		1950		1951		1952		1953
	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following 9 prosecutions were undertaken during 1953 under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.

No.	Court and Date of Hearing.	Offence	Result of Proceedings.
			Fines			Costs
			£	s	d	£	s	d

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FOOD POISONING

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UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED. During the year 1953, the undermentioned unsound or diseased food was surrendered by the owners and dealt with by the Food Inspectors. Wherever possible the food was used for cattle feeding.

Articles	Quantity	Artic les	Quantity

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Total number of families on the waiting list:-

Summary of Housing Surveys made during 1953.

Accommodation required if rehoused.

REGISTRARS OF BIRTHS AND DEATHS. St. Pancras Town Hall, Euston Road N.W.1 Superintendent Registrar: John M. Lander. Deputy Superintendent Registrar: Henry J, Millichap

Summary of Statistics.

Marriages. The following table shows the number of marriages which have taken place in the Borough since 1939, and the marriage rates for those years.

Hospitals in the Borough.

DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE - 1953. from stated causes with age distribution.

Death Rates of Infants under 1 year of age

Deaths of Infants under 1 year of age, from stated causes, since 1939.

Vital Statistics of Borough of St. Pancras since 1918.

Still Births, Illegitimate Births, and Deaths of Illegitimate Children.

Maternal Mortality in Borough of St, Pancras in 1953

Deaths from. Puerperal Causes during 1953 and preceding years

Deaths from Cancer of St. Pancras Residents during 1953.

The following table shows the number of deaths of St. Pancras persons from certain diseases during the years 1918 to 1953:-

Deaths from Tuberculosis of St. Pancras Residents during 1953c

NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES, 1953, (with 1952 comparison). Showing number of revised diagnoses.

Notifications of Infectious Diseases since 1922.

Measles. Particulars of the cases, deaths aAd incidence and mortality rates of Measles since 1926 are given in the followifys table: -

Number of Primary Notifications,

Dumber obtained from Special Death Reports and by Transfer from other districts.

Nunber of deaths of Tuberculous patients.

The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of this disease during the past 15 years:-

Tuberculosis Register. The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1953:-

This work is carried out either by Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square. W.C.I.

The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year was as follows:- (1) Scabies,

(2) Verminous Conditions.

Disinfesting. Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin:-

SECTION 4 Sanitary Circumstances, Visits by District Sanitary Inspectors -

Visits by District Sanitary Inspectors - continued

The following table gives a summary of this branch of the work of the department during the past nine years.

The above police court proceedings were taken under the following statutes or regulations: -

The following is a summary of the work carried out during the year in regard to unfit basement and other rooms:-

In addition 433 cases were referred to me by the Borough Council's Housing Department during the year and my recommendations were as follows:-

The source of information and action taken are shown in the following table:-

£652.1.0d. was recovered (an average of £8.7 2d. per burial) from the following sources: -

NATIONAL ASSISTANCE ACT, 1948. Section 50.

The following table gives some particulars concerning blind persons in the borough.

MEDICAL EXAMINATIONS. The following table sets out the results of medical examinations carried out by myself and Dr. Tracy during the year:-

MORTUARY AND CORONER' S COURT. The following table shows the routine work undertaken during the year, with, in brackets, the corresponding figures for 1952:-

RODENT CONTROL. (Prevention of Damage by Pests Act, 1949.) Details of the work carried out during the year in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-

Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1953 are given in the following table: -

FACTORIES ACT,1937. The following particulars are furnished in accordance with Section 122(3) of the above Act, with respect to matters under Part I and Part VIII

2. Cases in which defects were found.

The following table sets out the number of premises in which outworkers are working in the Borough, in accordance with the nature of the work carried out:-

During 1953 the Council's Sanitary Inspectors paid 47 visits to such premises and took 18 samples.

Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Food Inspectors during 1953 are given in the following table:-

MILK SUPPLY The Number of dairies and milk distributors on the Register at the end of the year was: -

The following licences were issued at the end of the year in accordance with these Regulations in respect of the year 1954:-

836 samples (215 formal and 621 informal) were taken during 1953 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination of which five formal and ten informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:-

The formal samples which were unsatisfactory were dealt with as follows:-

The 53 samples of ice cream marked * above showed a fat content as follows -

Details of the samples are given in the following table:-

The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year and preceding years:-

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following 9 prosecutions were undertaken during 1953 under the Food and Drugs Act, 1938.

FOOD POISONING

UNSOUND FOOD CONDEMNED AND DESTROYED. During the year 1953, the undermentioned unsound or diseased food was surrendered by the owners and dealt with by the Food Inspectors. Wherever possible the food was used for cattle feeding.