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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 1909
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| Residence notified:— | Patient at time of visit resident at: — | ||
| Rowton House, N.W. | 11 | Addresses notified | 148 |
| Rowton House, W.C. | 11 | Removed to Workhouse Infirmary | 248 |
| Common Loding Houses | 9 | ||
| Workhouse | 4 | Removed to Hospital | 1 |
| " No Home " | 6 | Dead at Public Institutions | 9 |
| Hospital | 2 | Dead at private addresses | 8 |
| Private addresses | 383 | Not known | 12 |
Ages of patients notified: —
| Under 5 | 4 | 40-50 | 87 |
| 5-10 | 16 | 50-60 | 48 |
| 10-15 | 12 | 60-70 | 34 |
| 15-20 | 19 | 70-80 | 1 |
| 20-30 | 67 | 80-90 | 1 |
| 30-40 | 116 |
Sleeping Arrangements of Patients.
| In same room with | |||
| No other person | 87 | 3 other persons | 21 |
| 1 ,, ,, | 115 | 4 ,, ,, | 8 |
| 2 „ persons | 53 | 1 | |
GLANDERS.
In Part VI. (Legislation) of the Annual Report for 1907 the London Order
of the Board of Agriculture and Fisheries, dated 12th September, 1907, as to
the Notification of Glanders in Horses was quoted, and also the Regulations of
the London County Council thereunder.
In Part III. (Infectious Diseases) of the same Annual Report paragraphs
relating to human glanders were quoted, and it was explained that in future,
by the Order, a Veterinary Inspector must report the existence of glanders to
the Medical Officer of Health of the Borough as well as to the County Council.
During the year 1909 the Veterinary Inspector reported 16 outbreaks of
glanders in horses in various stables in the Borough.
§ 3.—ISOLATION AND EXCLUSION.
The cases of Notifiable Infectious Diseases removed to hospital, and the SubDistricts
whence they were removed, are recorded in the following table:—