London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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 1949

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

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Table: CLEANSING, AND DISINFECTING. Cleansing. The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year was as follows:—

CLEANSING, AND DISINFECTING. Cleansing. The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year was as follows:—

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1949Total 1948
St. Pancras168186583237351,581
Ex St. Pancras42——638
No fixed abode—————2
Totals172188583237411,621

Table: (2) Verminous Conditions.

(2) Verminous Conditions.

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1949Total 1948
Head liceSt. Pancras227321,8861,9471,921
Ex St. Pancras—92—118
No fixed abode——————
Body liceSt. Pancras4666——472514
Ex St. Pancras10———1018
No fixed abode13———139
Totals49142341,8862,4532,470

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The majority of the children included in the above tables were brought by school officers
of the London County Council under powers conferred upon them by the Education Act, 1944.
Payment is made by the London County Council at the rate of two shillings per child in
respect of verminous conditions, and one shilling per bath for those suffering from scabies.