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St Pancras 1912

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

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* Originally certified as " Small pox.'' but afterwards found to be " Chicken pox."

Table: CONTACT SHELTER.Number of families, and of persons in families, in contact with Infectious Disease, sheltered, cleansed and disinfected.

CONTACT SHELTER.

Number of families, and of persons in families, in contact with Infectious Disease, sheltered, cleansed and disinfected.

Date.Males.Females.Children under 10.Dwelling Place.District.Disease.Length of stay.
1912.Hours
Jan. 6th—1—Leverton StreetNorthPuerperal Fever2 to 3
,, 25th–1—Drummond StreetWest” ””
Mar. 5th—1—Stanley BuildingsEastScarlet Fever”
12th–1–Grafton RoadNorthPuerperal Fever”
,, 22nd—1—Whitfield StreetSouth””
25th1——Stanhope StreetWestDiphtheria”
May 7 th—1—Prince of Wales Road”Puerperal Fever”
„ 17th–_1–Aldenham StreetEast””
June 8th—1—Fleet RoadNorth,,,,
26th—1—Arlington RoadWest,,”
July 30th–_1–Wakefield MewsSouth””
Aug. 24th1–—Prince of Wales Cres.WestScarlet Fever”
„ 26th1—–Seaton Street.,,*Chicken pox”
” ”—1–„„””
,, ,,——1,,,,””
Oct. 8th—1—St. Anne's Gardens”Scarlet Fever”
,, 29th—1—Clarendon StreetEastPuerperal ,,,,
” 30th—1–Cleveland StreetSouth” ””
Nov. 25th—1–Rhyl StreetNorthScarlet ””
Dec. 14th.—1–Stanley BuildingsEast” ””
,, 23rd1—–Maitland Park RoadNorthDiphtheria”
” ”—1–Carlton Road”Puerperal Fever”

Table: CLEANSING STATION.1 .—Personal Cleansing.—The number of cleansings of the body and disrnfesting of the clothing of persons applying at the Cleansing Station for Adults and the Children's Baths:-

CLEANSING STATION.

1 .—Personal Cleansing.—The number of cleansings of the body and disrnfesting of the clothing of persons applying at the Cleansing Station for Adults and the Children's Baths:-

Slept previous night atVermin.Adults.Children.Sum Total
Males.FemalesTotal.10 to 15.5—10Under 5.Total.
M.F.
PrivatePhthiriasis—Pediculi–Hettd.....2682319494
Addresses„ —Body4624813230623227275
„ —Both.........4311044904223812381
RowtonPhthiriasis—Pediculi—Head...........................
Houses„ —Body164...164...............164
,, —Both...........................
CommonPhthiriasis—Pediculi—Head...........................
Lodging,, —Body7825787...............787
Houses,, —Both...11...............1
SalvationPhthiriasis—Pediculi—Head...........................
Army„ —Body...........................
Shelter,, —Both...........................
In the openPhthiriasis—Pediculi—Head...........................
„ —Body26516281...............281
,, —Both...........................
Phthiriasis–Pediculi—Head.........2682319494
„ —Body1257231280132306232271507
—Both”114311044904223812382
Doubtful.........122...55
Scabies—Acari6511472372115126
Totals1268291292570121611028828224114