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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 1942
Annual report (abridged) on the Health of the Borough for the year 1942
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page 12
Tuberculosis Care Committee.
An account of the work of this Committee., which is more
than ever necessary under war conditions, is omitted owing to lack
of space, except for the following details
Income from Seal Sales and other sources £ll2.19.4d.
Expenditure on clothing, coal, removals, pocket money etc. for
patients £99.12.6d. Extra nourishment (provided by the Borough
Council) - number of patients 6l, cost £275.7.5d. Dental
treatment (also provided by the Borough Council) - number of
patients 4, cost £10.18.3d.
BACTERIOLOGICAL. EXAMINATIONS
| For Diphtheria bacilli | 32 | 467 | 499 |
| Tubercle bacilli | 20 | 155 | 175 |
| Haemolytic streptococci | - | 2 | 2 |
| 52 | 624 | 676 |