Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CLEANSING AND DISINFESTING
The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1961 was as follows:-
Men | Women | Children under 5 | Schoolchildren | Total 1961 | Total 1960 | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
St. Pancras | 127 | 148 | 58 | 94 | 427 | 565 |
Ex St. Pancras | 18 | - | - | - | 18 | 33 |
No fixed abode | - | - | - | - | - | - |
Totals | 145 | 148 | 58 | 94 | 445 | 599 |
Men | Women | Children under 5 | Schoolchildren | Total 1961 | Total 1960 | ||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Head lice | St. Pancras | - | 13 | 9 | 55 | 77 | 112 |
Ex St. Pancras | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
No fixed abode | - | - | - | - | - | - | |
Body lice | St. Pancras | 334 | 9 | 2 | _ | 345 | 288 |
Ex St. Pancras | 40 | - | - | - | 40 | 16 | |
No fixed abode | 26 | - | - | - | 26 | 9 | |
Totals | 400 | 22 | 11 | 55 | 488 | 425 |
The majority of the children included in the above tables were brought by
school officers of the London County Council under powers conferred upon them by
the Education Act, 1944. Payment is made by the London County Council at the rate
of three shillings per child in respect of both verminous conditions and scabies,
subject to a minimum annual payment of £250.
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