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ST. PANCRAS, LONDON.
THIRTY-NINTH ANNUAL REPORT
of the
MEDICAL OFFICER OF HEALTH,
BEING THE REPORT FOR THE YEAR 1894.
TO THE VESTRY OF ST. PANCRAS.
Gentlemen,
I have the honour to present to you the Thirty-ninth Annual Report
upon the vital and sanitary condition of St. Pancras.
The map upon the front page shows the Registration Sub-Districts of St.
Pancras. The statistics of population, births, and deaths relating to the
Sub-Districts refer to the areas as shown upon this map.
The year J894 has been an exceptionally healthy year; the death-rate of
St. Pancras was 18.1 per 1000 living—the lowest rate on record.
In the body of the Report will be found a review of the incidence of
Diphtheria mortality before and since 1890.
A brief account of the hospital accommodation for the infectious cases of
the Metropolis, provided by the Metropolitan Asylums Board, is included
under the head of Isolation of Infectious Diseases.
For the first year of its use a record of the work commenced to be done in
connection with the temporary shelter appears in conjunction with the record
disinfection.
The difficulties of re-housing displaced persons are discussed in connection
with insanitary areas, and some suggestions made.
The supervision of drainage being part of the work of the Health Department,
the regulations, bye-laws, and procedure are set out in full, and the
organisation of supervision will be seen to be complete. Unfortunately, the
difficulties that have arisen have been caused by the anomalous condition of
the statute law which urgently requires revision, especially with regard to
combined drainage.
The subjects of cholera and diarrhoea, influenza, and the spread of disease
by vagrants, will also be found to be touched upon.
As in previous years, the Report is commenced by a summary of the
principal meteorological data.