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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 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, London, Borough of]
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| Poor Law Cases. Notices of Removal from | Private Address. | . Workhouse. | South Infirmary. | North Infirmary. | Central London Sick Asylum. | No Home. | Without St. Pancras. | Casual Wards. | Total. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private address to | - | 135 | 53 | 159 | 1 | — | 9 | — | 357 |
| Workhouse to | 3 | — | 50 | 165 | — | - | 1 | — | 219 |
| South Infirmary to | 9 | 4 | — | 50 | — | — | — | 63 | |
| North Infirmary to | 69 | 16 | 4 | — | — | 1 | 4 | — | 94 |
| Central London Sick | |||||||||
| Asylum to | 5 | — | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | 7 | |
| No home to | — | 60 | 8 | 3 | 1 | — | — | — | 72 |
| Without St. Pancras to | 16 | 2 | — | — | 141 | — | — | — | 159 |
| Casual Wards to | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | |
| Totals | 102 | 218 | 115 | 378 | 143 | 1 | 15 | — | 972 |
N.B.—The same patient may have been removed to and fro several times, hence the
above represents removals and not Patients.
Report of the Chief Clerk upon the Administrative Measures in
St. Pancras in relation to Tuberculosis.
It is desirable in the first instance to indicate the course of events relating
to this subject from the time of the passing of the National Insurance Act, 1911.
The National Insurance Act, 1911—Section 8 (1) provides that: —
" Subject to the provisions of this Act, the benefits conferred by this part
of this Act upon insured persons are * * * (b) Treatment in
sanatoria or other institutions or otherwise when suffering from
tuberculosis, or such other diseases as the Local Government Board,
with the approval of the Treasury may appoint (in this Act called
' sanatorium benefit'.)"
Section 16 (1) provides that:—
"For the purpose of administering sanatorium benefit, Insurance Committees
shall make arrangements, to the satisfaction of the Insurance
Commissioners—(ff) With a view to providing treatment for insured
persons suffering from tuberculosis or any other such disease as
aforesaid in sanatoria and other institutions, with persons or local
authorities (other than poor law authorities) having the management
of sanatoria or other institutions approved by the Local Government
Board, which treatment it shall be lawful for a local authority to
provide as respects insured persons resident outside as well as respects
those resident within their area; and (h) With a view to providing
treatment for such persons otherwise than in sanatoria or other