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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my recommendation being based on this and on a knowledge of the health of the members of
the family, the number and size of the rooms occupied, amenities and general background.
My recommendations were as follows:—
| Certificate "A" | 605 |
| " "B" | 134 |
| " "C" | 203 |
| " "D" | 114 |
In most cases your Health Department was able to improve the conditions in which
the families were living prior to re-housing, by the provision of certain amenities.
Dealing with priorities "A" and "B", Bthe following were the reasons for the recommendations:—
| Serious overcrowding | 512 cases. |
| Living in underground rooms which did not comply with regulations | 57 „ |
| Conditions such that it was impossible to separate adults of opposite sexes for sleeping purposes | 5 „ |
| Family living in one room for sleeping, living, cooking and all domestic purposes | 20 „ |
| Members of same family living at separate addresses owing to lack of accommodation | 6 „ |
| Other urgent reasons | 32 „ |
| Tuberculosis, it being impossible to provide a separate room for the patient | 37 „ |
| Heart disease so severe as to need special accommodation at ground floor level | 18 „ |
| Bronchitis, paralysis, rheumatism, crippling, high blood pressure and cance | 52 „ |
| 739 cases. | |