Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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CONTENTS
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Map of Borough, showing statistics by
Wards2
Public Health Committee 5
Staff of Public Health Department 6 & 7
Introduction 8
Statistical Summary 10 & 11
Section I—Statistics and Social
Conditions of the Area.
Population and General Statistics 12
Principal occupations of the inhabitants
of the Borough 13
Economic Conditions 13
Marriages 14
Births 14
Illegitimacy 15
Notification of Births 15
Still Births 15
Deaths 16
Inquests 19
Infantile Mortality 19
Death Kates of Infants and Young
Children , 22
Section II—General Provision of
Health Services.
Hospital Accommodation 23
Institutional Provision for Unmarried
Mothers 24
Ambulance Facilities 24
Clinics, Treatment Centres, &c '26
Maternity and Child Welfare 28
Block Grants 29&30
Ante-natal 30
At Birth 30
Inlants and Young Children 30
Advice Cards 31
Home Visiting 31
Attendances at Consultations, etc 32
Centres 33
Artificial Light Treatment 35
Dental Clinic 36&37
Day Nurseries 37
Nursery Schools 38
Clinic for Ailing Mothers and
Children 38
Convalescent Home Treatment 39
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Home for Sick Poor Children 39
Supply of Milk to Mothers and
Children 39
Professional Nursing 41
Home Helps 42
Midwives 42
Midwifery 42
Maternal Mortality 44
Medical examination in elementary
schools 46&47
Provision of Insulin 48
Local Legislation 48
Public Health Legislation 48
London County Council By-laws 49
Merchandise Marks (Imported
Goods) No 1 Order 49
Public Health (Cleansing of Shellfish)
Act, 1932 49
London County Council (General
Powers) Act, 1912 49
Housing Consolidated Amendment
Regulations, 1932 49
Health Propaganda 49
Section III—Sanitary Circumstances
of the Area.
Water Supply 50
Public Baths and Washhouses 50
Drainage 50
Rats and Mice 51
Pigeons 51
Refuse Collection and Disposal 51
Mortuary and Coroner's Court 52
Sanitary Inspections 53
Notices served 53
Nuisances and Breaches—Legal
Proceedings 53&54
Smoke Abatement 54
Factory and Workshop Acts 54
Inspections 55
Defects found 55
Home Work 56
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
on Register 56
Other matters 57
Premises and Occupations controlled
by bye-laws or regulations 57
Offensive Trades 57