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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.—New Cases of Sickness coming under the care of the Parochial Medical Officers during
the Five Weeks ending the 1st of August, 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. | Ague. | Carbuncles and Boils. | Rheumatic Fever. | Other Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North-West | Mr. Adams | 140 | 1 | 29 | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 98 |
| South-West | Dr. WlLDBORE | 209 | 6 | 59 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 8 | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 1 | 127 |
| South-East | Dr. Davis | 189 | .. | 64 | .. | .. | 8 | 2 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 106 |
| Central | Mr. Sdtherin | 138 | 12 | 25 | .. | .. | 6 | .. | .. | 3 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 84 |
| North | Mr. Jefferys | 120 | 3 | 40 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 2 | 69 | ||
| Workhouse and Infirmary | Mr. Coster and Mr. Andrews | 22G | .. | 124 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 15 | .. | .. | 3 | 83 |
| Totals | 1022 | 22 | 341 | .. | 6 | 16 | 6 | .. | 22 | 10 | 25 | 1 | .. | 6 | 567 |