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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 (No. III.) FOR SUMMER QUARTER, 1857.
St. Pancras, Middlesex.—Cases of Sickness under the care of the Parochial Medical Officers during the Thirteen
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. | Rheumatic Fever. | Other Diseases. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| North-West | Mr. Adams | 324 | 6 | 55 | .. | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | 2 | 7 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | 235 |
| South-West | Dr. WlLDBORE | 480 | 15 | 113 | .. | 7 | .. | 2 | .. | 19 | 6 | 12 | .. | 4 | 302 | |
| South-East | Dr. Davis | 495 | 5 | 152 | .. | 4 | 19 | 2 | .. | 13 | 3 | 6 | .. | 3 | 1 | 287 |
| Central | Mr. Sutherin | 378 | 16 | 56 | .. | 1 | 7 | .. | .. | 16 | 5 | 18 | .. | .. | 1 | 258 |
| North | Mr. Jefferys | 359 | 7 | 85 | .. | 4 | 3 | 3 | .. | 3 | 2 | 4 | .. | .. | 3 | 245 |
| Workhouse & Infirmary | Mr. Coster & Mr. Andrew | 576 | 3 | 153 | .. | .. | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | 4 | 31 | .. | 4 | 6 | 371 |
| The entire Parish | 2612 | 52 | 614 | .. | 23 | 30 | 13 | .. | 53 | 27 | 78 | 7 | 17 | 1698 |