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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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Table: [ SCHEDULE C. ] St. Pancras, Middlesex—New Cases of Sickness coming under the care of the Parochial Medical Officers during the Four Weeks ending the 29th of August, 1857.

[ SCHEDULE C. ] St. Pancras, Middlesex—New Cases of Sickness coming under the care of the Parochial Medical Officers during the Four Weeks ending the 29th 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-WestMr. Adams98218..2..1....11....73
South-WestDr. wlldbore142438..1..1..132....290
South-EastDr. Davis153248..32....1........196
CentralMr. Sutherin136224..........316....199
NorthMr. Jefferys131429..411......1......91
WorkhouseMr. Coster214224......1....111......175
Totals87416181..1034..5621....4624

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The weekly average number of inmates in the Workhouse was 1,376.