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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, M1ddlesex.—Cases of S1ckness under the care of the D1str1ct Med1cal Off1cers dur1ng the F1ve Weeks
end1ng the 31st of October, 1857.
| Districts. | Names of Medical Off1cers. | Total No. of Cases. | Low Fevers. | Diarrhoea. | Influenza. | Scarlet Fever. | Small Pox. | Erysipelas. | Puerperal Fever. | Measles. | Hoop1ng Cough. | Bronch1t1s, Pleur1sy, and Pneumon1a. | Croup. | Carbuncles and Bo1ls. | Rheumat1sm. | Other D1seases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North-West | Mr. Adams | 118 | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 5 | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 93 |
| South-West | Dr. wlldbore | 148 | 3 | 1 | .. | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | .. | .. | 128 |
| South-East | Dr. Davis | 198 | 6 | 15 | .. | 1 | 4 | .. | .. | 25 | .. | 37 | .. | .. | 1 | 109 |
| Central | Mr. SUTHERIN | 139 | 1 | 11 | .. | 3 | 1 | 2 | .. | 8 | 2 | 16 | .. | .. | 1 | 94 |
| North | Mr. Jefferys | 140 | 2 | 10 | .. | 4 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 12 | .. | .. | .. | 110 |
| Workhouse & Infirrmary | Mr. Coster & Mr. Andrew | 234 | 5 | 9 | .. | .. | 5 | .. | 1 | 26 | 5 | 5 | 178 | |||
| Totals | 977 | 20 | 49 | .. | 15 | 6 | 8 | .. | 35 | 9 | 111 | .. | 5 | 7 | 712 |