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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 F. ]
St. Pancras, Middlesex.—New Cases of Sickness coming under the care of the Parochial Medical Officers during
the Four Weeks ending the 26th of September, 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 and Boils. | Rheumatism. | Other Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North-West | Mr. Adams | 86 | 3 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | 2 | 64 |
| South-West | Dr. WlLDBORE | 129 | 5 | 16 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 10 | .. | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | 84 |
| South-East | Dr. Davis | 153 | 3 | 40 | .. | 1 | 9 | .. | .. | 5 | 2 | 6 | .. | 3 | .. | 84 |
| Central | Mr. SCTHERIN | 104 | 2 | 7 | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 10 | 2 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 75 |
| North | Mr. Jefferys | 108 | . . | 16 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | 2 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 85 |
| Workhouse & Infirmary | Mr. Coster | 136 | 1 | 5 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | 5 | .. | 4 | 3 | 113 |
| Totals | 716 | 14 | 92 | .. | 7 | 11 | 3 | .. | 26 | 11 | 32 | 1 | 7 | 7 | 505 |
The weekly average number of inmates in the Workhouse was 1,433.