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St Pancras 1907

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]

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Residence notified:—
Rowton House, Arlington
Road 13
Rowton House, King's Cross
Road 16
Common Lodging Houses 8
Workhouse 3
Private houses 268
308
Ages of patients notified :—
Under 5 1
5—10 8
10—15 7
15—20 12
20-30 57
Earliest noted impairment of health :
Poverty, under-feeding . . 11
Continued exposure to bad
weather 8
Unhealthy Workshop conditions 9
Continued exposure to tuberculous
inspection 33
Delicate from infancy 7
Pleurisy, pneumonia, bronchitis 10
Whooping cough 1
Gout (lead) 1
Scarlet fever 1
Previous cases in family:—
Known 66
Not known 110
No information 132
Patient at time of visit resident at:—
Address notified 115
Removed to Workhouse Infirmary
148
Removed to Hospitals, &c 8
Removed to the country 3
Dead at Public Institutions 4
Dead at Private Addresses 18
Not known 12
308
30—40 67
40—50 77
50—60 44
60-70 20
Not stated 15
Accident 5
Peritonitis 1
Defectives 2
Mental shock or distress 3
Influenza 2
Drink 4
Abscesses 1
Rheumatic fever 1
No inquiry 113
No information. 93
Probable susceptible persons in
family—
Known 39
No information 269
Sleeping Arrangements of Patients.
Patient sleeping in same room with—
No other person 63*
1 ,, „ ,, 83
2 „ persons 34
3 ,, ,, 19
4 other persons 1
5,, ,, 1
No information 107
* Many of these rooms though not slept in by other persons were often occupied by others for
living or eating purposes, being the room in which the fire was kept burning.
Occupation of Patients.
Soldiers (2) ; Postman, Policeman, Nurses (2) ; Actor, Clarionet Player,
Limelightman, House Workers (57); Butler, Chef, Laundry Workers (5);
Commercial Clerks (4) ; Railway Inspector, Railway Clerk, Goods Guard,
Platelayer, Railway Porters (5) ; Carriage Cleaner, Greaser, Cabdrivers (3)