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 1951
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Attendances at Public Health Annexe.
Year. Scabies. Vermin. Totals.
1932 1,706 5,576 7,282
1933 1,731 5,037 6,768
1934 2,256 5,908 8,164
1935 2,051 5,944 7,995
1936 3,197 5,893 9,090
1937 2,427 5,693 8,120
1938 3,924 5,290 9,214
1939 2,081 3,879 5,960
1940 1,591 3,002 4,593
1941 2,049 4,091 6,140
1942 7,089 2,870 9,959
1943 9,152 3,033 12,185
1944 6,171 3,416 9,587
1945 6,301 2,977 9,278
1946 5,467 3,47 1 8,938
1947 2,423 2.76 7 5,190
1948 1,621 2,470 4,091
1949 74 1 2,45 3 3,194
1950 456 2,393 2,849
1951 377 2,569 2,946
Disinfecting.
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 only | ||
| Meningococcal Infection | 10 | 6 | 2 | 2 |
| Diphtheria | 22 | 18 | 6 | — |
| Dysentery | 61 | 28 | 29 | 5 |
| Enteric fever | 3 | 1 | 4 | — |
| Erysipelas | 14 | 2 | 2 | 10 |
| Measles | 110 | 2 | 5 | 103 |
| Other diseases | 273 | 13 | 4 | 256 |
| Poliomyelitis | 10 | 5 | 5 | — |
| Scabies | 2 | 1 | 1 | — |
| Scarlet fever | 86 | 34 | 43 | 14 |
| Tuberculosis | 140 | 115 | 35 | 8 |
| Vermin | 500 | 30 | 718 | 101 |
| Totals | 1,231 | 255 | 854 | 499 |