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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 1857
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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[SCHEDULE C.] St. Pancras, Middlesex.—Cases of Sickness under the care of the Parochial Medical Officers during the Four
Weeks ending the 28th of November, 1857.
| Districts. | Names of Medical Officers. | Total No. of Cases. | Low Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Influenza. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Hooping Cough. | Bronchitis, Pleurisy, and Pneumonia. | Croup. | Carbuncles. | Rheumatic Fever. | Other Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North-West | Mr. Adams | 143 | 4 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | 2 | 8 | 11 | .. | .. | .. | 108 |
| South-West | Dr. wildbore | 180 | 1 | .. | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 5 | 43 | .. | .. | .. | 125 |
| South-East | Dr. Davis | 218 | .. | 13 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 8 | .. | 71 | .. | 1 | 120 | ||
| Central | Mr. Sutherin | 149 | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | 1 | 2 | 5 | 5 | 33 | .. | .. | 1 | 90 | |
| North | Mr. Jefferys | 146 | 2 | 2 | 25 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 104 | |
| Workhouse & Infirmary | Mr. Coster & Dr. Andrew | 265 | 1 | 2 | 126 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 46 | .. | 1 | 3 | 85 | |
| Totals | 1101 | 8 | 25 | 162 | 12 | 4 | 3 | .. | 17 | 21 | 210 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 632 |