London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
St Pancras 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
This page requires JavaScript
3
CONTENTS.
page
Map of Borough, showing statistics by
Wards 2
Public Health Committee 6
Staff of Public Health Department 7 & 8
Introduction 9
Statistical Summary 11 & 12
Section I. —Statistics and Social
Conditions of the Area.
Population and General Statistics 13
Principal occupations of the inhabitants
of the Borough 14
Economic Conditions 14
Marriages 15
Births 15
Illegitimacy 16
Notification of Births 16
Still Births 16
Deaths 17
Inquests 20
Infantile Mortality 20
Death Bates of Infants and Young
Children 23
Section II.—General Provision of
Health Services.
Hospital Accommodation 24
Institutional Provision for Unmarried
Mothers 25
Ambulance Facilities 25
Clinics, Treatment Centres, &c. 25-27
Maternity and Child Welfare 28
Block Grants 28
Ante-natal 29
At Birth 30
Infants and Young Children 30
Advice cards 30
Home Visiting 31
Attendances at Consultations, etc. 32
Centres 33
Artificial Light Treatment 35
Dental Clinic 36
Day Nurseries 37
Nursery Schools 37
Clinic for Ailing Mothers and
Children 38
Convalescent Home Treatment 39
page
Home for Sick Poor Children 39
Infant Life Protection 39
Supply of Milk to Mothers and
Children 39
Professional Nursing 42
Home Helps 42
Midwives 43
Midwifery 43
Maternal Mortality 44
Medical examination in elementary
schools 47 & 48
Provision of Insulin 49
Local Legislation 49
Public Health Legislation 49
London County Council By-laws 50
Transfer of Powers (London) Order,
1933 50
Children and Young Persons Act,
1932 50
Slaughter of Animals Act, 1933 50
Pharmacy and Poisons Act, 1933 50
Housing Financial Provisions Act,
1933 50
Rent and Mortgage Interest Restrictions
(Amendment) Act, 1933 50
Health Propaganda 51
Section III.—Sanitary Circumstances
of the Area.
Water Supply 51
Public Baths and Washhouses 51
Drainage 52
Rats and Mice 52
Rat Week 52
Refuse Collection and Disposal 52
Mortuary and Coroner's Court 53
Sanitary Inspections 54
Notices served 54
Nuisances and Breaches—Legal
Proceedings 54
Smoke Abatement 55
Factory and Workshop Acts 55
Inspections 56
Defects found 56
Home Work 57
Factories, Workshops and Workplaces
on Register 57
Other matters 58