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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 1945

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

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Table: Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, ctc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin: —

Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, ctc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin: —

Number of casesNumber of housesNumber of rooms sprayed or fumigated
Cerebro-spinal meningitis888
Diphtheria104104106
Dysentery155155155
Enteric fever555
Erysipelas606060
Measles272727
Malaria444
Poliomyelitis557
Puerperal fever191919
Scabies373737
Scarlet fever245245248
Tuberculosis135135139
Vermin521521648
Other diseases172172172

Table: Cleansing Station.The number of attendances at the Cleansing Station, Camley Street, was as follows:— [1) Scabies.

Cleansing Station.

The number of attendances at the Cleansing Station, Camley Street, was as follows:— [1) Scabies.

.MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal
St. Pancras5981,8576782,4405,573
Ex St. Pancras183122653724
No fixed abode31——4
Totals6191,8897003,0936,301
(2) Verminous Conditions.
MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal
Mead liceSt. Pancras60361,4901,586
Ex St. Pancras—54507516
No fixed abode—6_—6
Body liceSt. Pancras80143—808
Ex St. Pancras25———25
No fixed abode324——36
Totals85879431,9972,977