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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 1924
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Home Nursing.
As regards district nursing, the Borough comprises the whole of the district of the
Central St. Pancras District Nursing Association, and large portions of the districts of the
Metropolitan Nursing Association, the Hampstead District Nursing Association, and the
North London Nursing Association. The associations were paid by the Council a fee of 1s. 6d.
per visit for the nursing of cases of measles, whooping cough, ophthalmia neonatorum,
infantile diarrhoea, influenza and pneumonia; but the bulk of their work is supported by
voluntary funds. The home nursing is of very great public health importance, and the need
for its extension and support from public funds is very great. The home nursing work done
during 1924 in St. Pancras is indicated by the following figures:—
No. of cases No. of home
nursed. visits paid.
Central St. Pancras District Nursing Association 262 3031
Metropolitan Nursing Association (St. Pancras cases) 163 1810
Hampstead District Nursing Association (St. Pancras
cases) 107 1088
North London Nursing Association (St. Pancras cases) 55 408
Midwifery.
The infants born in St. Pancras during 1924 are classified below (in wards and registration sub-districts) according to the manner in which the mothers were attended in their confinements:—
| Births. | W. | S. | E. | N. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 4 | 5 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 2 | ||
| A. Attended in their own homes by— | |||||||||
| Private Doctors | 81 | 69 | 16 | 45 | 125 | 23 | 208 | 67 | 634 |
| Private Midwives | 173 | 18 | 13 | 32 | 103 | 13 | 238 | 235 | 825 |
| Doctors from the Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | 22 | 22 | 2 | 15 | 32 | 20 | 12 | 36 | 161 |
| Medical Students from— | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | 93 | 267 | 4 | 6 | 148 | 303 | 5 | 35 | 861 |
| Royal Free Hospital | — | — | — | 25 | 3 | 1 | — | — | 29 |
| St. Bartholomew's Hospital | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Midwives from— | |||||||||
| Middlesex Hospital | — | 17 | 33 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | 56 |
| University College Hospital | — | 7 | 35 | 102 | 1 | 6 | — | 1 | 152 |
| Maternity Nursing Association, Myddleton Square | — | — | _ | 51 | — | 1 | — | — | 52 |
| Maternity Nursing Association, Oakley Square Branch | 49 | 61 | 4 | 5 | 71 | 40 | 21 | 21 | 272 |
| B. Attended in Institutions- | |||||||||
| University College Hospital | — | — | 192 | — | — | — | — | — | 192 |
| Royal Free Hospital | — | — | — | 363 | — | — | — | — | 363 |
| Royal Free Hospital (Marlborough Maternity Section) | — | — | 539 | — | — | — | — | — | 539 |
| Elizabeth Garrett Anderson Hospital | — | — | — | — | — | 50 | — | — | 50 |
| Lying-in Ward of St. Pancras House | — | — | — | — | — | 167 | — | — | 167 |
| Totals | 418 | 461 | 838 | 653 | 483 | 625 | 484 | 395 | 4357 |
Some of the births in the preceding Table recorded as having taken place in St.
Pancras institutions were of infants the mothers of whom were not St. Pancras residents.
On the other hand, a number of St. Pancras mothers gave birth to children in institutions
situated outside the Borough.