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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Disinfection. Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin :—
| Number of Cases | Sprayed and Fumigated | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of Rooms and Contents | Rooms only | Contents onlv | ||
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 9 | 6 | 2 | 1 |
| Diphtheria | 22 | 21 | 2 | — |
| Dysentery | 8 | 7 | 1 | — |
| Enteric fever | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Erysipelas | 22 | 7 | 1 | 14 |
| Malaria | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Measles | 36 | 2 | 4 | 33 |
| Other diseases | 301 | 12 | 9 | 283 |
| Poliomyelitis | 69 | 58 | 12 | 2 |
| Puerperal fever | 4 | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| Relapsing fever | 1 | 1 | — | — |
| Scabies | 4 | 1 | — | 3 |
| Scarlet fever | 155 | 102 | 50 | 6 |
| Smallpox | 3 | 1 | — | 2 |
| Tuberculosis | 135 | 120 | 16 | 8 |
| Vermin | 887 | 29 | 1,588 | 69 |
| Totals | 1,658 | 371 | 1,686 | 422 |