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

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Mass Radiography The mass radiography unit of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board held twelve sessions for industrial firms and the general public in the St. Pancras area during 1956 as follows:-

Situation of Unit	Date	Number examined
Situation of Unit	Date	Male	Female	Total

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Of those examined, active tuberculosis was found in 9 cases of whom 8 were males and 1 female In 13 further cases (12 males and one female) occasional supervision was found to be required These 22 cases were contained in age groups as follows-

Age group	Active pulmonary tuberculosis		Occasional supervision
Age group	Male	Female	Male	Female

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At the time of writing this report I have represented to the Borough Council the following areas-

Area	No. of houses	Date of Representation

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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

Name and Address of Hospital	Telephone Number	Authority under which functioning	Number of Beds

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Climatological Summary, Year 1956 Station. Camden Square, N. W.1.-Lat. 51° 33' N. Long. 0° 8 W.

	January	February	March	April	May	June	July	August	September	October	November	December

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Registered Live Births

	M.	F.	Total	Rate per 1,000 of estimated population

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Registered Still Births

	M.	F.	Total	Rate per 1 000 Live and Still Births

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Deaths -All Ages

M.	F.	Total	Death rate per 1,000 of estimated population

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CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1956

Causes of death	Ages - Both Sexes
	Under 1 year	1 and under 5	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65-74	75-	Totals
	Under 1 year	1 and under 5	5-14	15-24	25-44	45-64	65-74	75-	M	F

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DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE - 1956 from stated causes with age distribution

Cause of death	Age
	Under 1 day	1 day to 1 week	12 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and Under 3 months	3-5 months	6-8 months	9-12 months	Total deaths under 1 year
	Under 1 day	1 day to 1 week	12 weeks	2-3 weeks	3-4 weeks	Total under 4 weeks	4 weeks and Under 3 months	3-5 months	6-8 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
				London Administrative County	England and Wales

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Vital Statistics of St. Pancras since 1920

Year	Population 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

Year	Still Births		Illegitimate Births		Deaths of Illegitimate Children
	Still Births		Illegitimate Births		Under 1 year		Under 4 weeks
	Number (Illegit lmates in brackets)	Rate per 1 000 births (live and still)	Number	Rate per cent, of live births	Number	Rate per 1 000 Illegitimate births	Number	Rate per 1, 000 Illegitimate births

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Maternal Mortality in Borough of St. Pancras in 1956

Cause of Death	Ages							Conditions
Cause of Death	15-19	20-24	25-29	30-34	35-39	40 44	45 and upward	Married	Single	Widowed

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Deaths from Puerperal Causes during 1956 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 1956

Situation of Disease	Ages										Totals
Situation of Disease	0-14	15-19	20-24	25-34	35-44	45 54	55-64	65-74	75-84	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 1920 to 1956-

Year	Cancer	Tubercu losis	Heart Disease	Pneumonia (all forms)	Bronchitis	Population

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Deaths from Tuberculosis of St. Pancras Residents during 1956

Situation of Disease	Under 1 year		1-2 years		2-4 years		5-9 years		10-14 years		15-19 years		20-24 years		25-34 years		35-44 years		45-54 years		55 64 years		65-74 years		75 and upwards		Total
Situation of Disease	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.	M.	F.

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NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1956 (with 1955 comparison) Showing number of revised diagnoses

Disease	Notifications						Diagnosis Subsequently revised
	Under 1		1 and over		Totals		Diagnosis Subsequently revised
	1955	1956	1955	1956	1955	1956	1955	1956

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Notification of Infectious Diseases since 1927

Population	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	136,400	134,500	133,100
	1927	1928	1929	1930	1931	1932	1933	1934	1935	1936	1937	1938	1939	1940	1941	1942	1943	1944	1945	1946	1947	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

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

Estimated population	Year	Cases				Deaths
Estimated population	Year	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

	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	Totals

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Number 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	Totals

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The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of tuberculosis during the past 18 years--

Year	Estimated Population	Notifications			Notification Rate per 1 000 population			Deaths			Death Rate per 1,000 population
Year	Estimated 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 1956:-

	Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary	Total

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This work is carried out by either the Public Health Laboratory Service (at Colindale or County Hall), or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C.I.

	Positive	Negative	Total

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CLEANSING AND DISINFESTING Cleansing 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 1956	Total 1955

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(2) Verminous Conditions

			Men	Women	Children under 5	Schoolchildren	Total 1956	Total 1955

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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	Sprayed and Fumigated
Cause	Number of Cases	Number of rooms and Contents	Rooms only	Contents only

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

	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

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

	1948	1949	1950	1951	1952	1953	1954	1955	1956

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PREVENTION OP 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., with figures for 1955 in brackets:-

		Premises				Total
		Private		Business		Total

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MORTUARY AND CORONER S COURT The following table shows the work undertaken during the year with the corresponding figures for 1955-

	Post-Mortem Examinations		Received for Viewing or Convenience only		Total

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The source of information and action taken are sh0own in the following table:-

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

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The following table summarises the work that has been carried out during the year:-

NEW ENTRANTS

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Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1956 are given in the following table:-

Number of visits:-

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1. Inspections, etc.

Premises	Number on Register	Number of
Premises	Number on Register	Inspections	Written Notices	Occupier Prosecuted

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2. Cases in which defects were found

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

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The following table shows the number of visits paid in 1956 and each year for the previous six years and a resume of the action taken.

Year	Visits	DEFAULTS
Year	Visits	* Failure to supply list	ø Premises in an unwholesome condition

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Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Food Inspectors during 1956 are given in the following table:-

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The following licences were issued in respect of the year 1957 in accordance with these Regulations:-

	Principal licences	Supplementary licences

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747 samples (133 formal and 614 informal) were taken during 1956 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which three formal and nine 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 34 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
	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory	Satisfactory	Unsatisfactory

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The following table shows the detailed results of these examinations for the year 1956 and preceding years:-

	1952		1953		1954		1955		1956
	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%	Samples	%

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LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following 3 prosecutions were undertaken during 1956 under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955:-

Date of Hearing	Offence	Result of Proceedings
Date of Hearing	Offence	Fines			Cost
		£	s.	d	£	s.	d

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Mass Radiography The mass radiography unit of the North West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board held twelve sessions for industrial firms and the general public in the St. Pancras area during 1956 as follows:-

Of those examined, active tuberculosis was found in 9 cases of whom 8 were males and 1 female In 13 further cases (12 males and one female) occasional supervision was found to be required These 22 cases were contained in age groups as follows-

At the time of writing this report I have represented to the Borough Council the following areas-

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

Climatological Summary, Year 1956 Station. Camden Square, N. W.1.-Lat. 51° 33' N. Long. 0° 8 W.

Registered Live Births

Registered Still Births

Deaths -All Ages

CLASSIFICATION OF DEATHS, WITH AGE DISTRIBUTION - 1956

DEATHS OF INFANTS UNDER 1 YEAR OF AGE - 1956 from stated causes with age distribution

Death Rates of Infants under 1 year of age

Vital Statistics of St. Pancras since 1920

Still Births Illegitimate Births, and Deaths of Illegitimate Children

Maternal Mortality in Borough of St. Pancras in 1956

Deaths from Puerperal Causes during 1956 and preceding years

Deaths from Cancer of St. Pancras Residents during 1956

The following table shows the number of deaths of St. Pancras persons from certain diseases during the years 1920 to 1956-

Deaths from Tuberculosis of St. Pancras Residents during 1956

NOTIFICATIONS OF INFECTIOUS DISEASES 1956 (with 1955 comparison) Showing number of revised diagnoses

Notification of Infectious Diseases since 1927

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

Number of Primary Notifications

Number obtained from Special Death Reports and by Transfer from other districts

The following table gives particulars of the prevalence and fatality of tuberculosis during the past 18 years--

Tuberculosis Register The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1956:-

This work is carried out by either the Public Health Laboratory Service (at Colindale or County Hall), or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square, W.C.I.

CLEANSING AND DISINFESTING Cleansing 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:-

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:-

PREVENTION OP 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., with figures for 1955 in brackets:-

MORTUARY AND CORONER S COURT The following table shows the work undertaken during the year with the corresponding figures for 1955-

The source of information and action taken are sh0own in the following table:-

The following table summarises the work that has been carried out during the year:-

Particulars of inspections and other work carried out by the Factory Inspectors during 1956 are given in the following table:-

1. Inspections, etc.

2. Cases in which defects were found

The following table shows the number of visits paid in 1956 and each year for the previous six years and a resume of the action taken.

Particulars of the inspections carried out by the Council's Food Inspectors during 1956 are given in the following table:-

The following licences were issued in respect of the year 1957 in accordance with these Regulations:-

747 samples (133 formal and 614 informal) were taken during 1956 and sent to the Public Analyst for chemical examination, of which three formal and nine informal were found to be unsatisfactory. Details of the nature of all samples are shown in the following table:-

The 34 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 1956 and preceding years:-

LEGAL PROCEEDINGS The following 3 prosecutions were undertaken during 1956 under the Food and Drugs Act, 1955:-