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Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1919
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1919
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Town Hall, Pancras Road, N.W. 1,
16th October, 1919.
Dear Sir,
In reply to your letter of the 22nd ultimo 1 have to inform you:—
1.—dumber of children under 5 years of age chargeable to the Guardians are
classified as follows:—
ILLEGITIMATE.
| Institution. | Mothers. | Foundling. | Total. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Widowed. | Married. | Deserted. | Unmarried. | |||
| Leavesden Schools | — | 2 | 4 | 12 | 5 | 23 |
| Lady Somerset Home, Dewhurst | — | — | — | — | 4 | 4 |
| Craythorne, E. Finchley | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Goldie Leigh, M.A.B. | — | 1 | — | — | — | 1 |
| North Infirmary | 8 | — | 5 | 20 | 8 | 41 |
| South Infirmary | 1 | 1 | — | 6 | 1 | 9 |
| House | — | 1 | — | 10 | — | 11 |
| Totals | 9 | 5 | 9 | 50 | 18 | 91 |
| LEGITIMATE. | ||||||
| Institutions. | Orphan. | Motherless. | Fatherless. | Parents Living. | Deserted. | Total. |
| North Infirmary | 3 | — | — | 35 | — | 38 |
| South Infirmary | — | — | — | 14 | — | 14 |
| Leavesden Schools | 2 | 3 | 8 | 9 | 3 | 25 |
| Totteridge (R.C.) | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 |
| Carshalton, M.A.B. | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | 2 |
| Cleveland Street, M.A.B. | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Goldie Leigh, M.A.B. | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| Lady Somerset. Home, Dewhurst | — | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| Totals | 5 | 4 | 9 | 62 | 4 | 84 |