[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough] page 38

St Pancras 1953

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

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Housing.
A number of re-housing applications were dealt with by having such premises inspected
and the prescribed form forwarded to the London County Council.
The number of applications referred by the borough to the London County Council for |i
information as to overcrowding was 245, and 84 on account of tuberculosis in the family.
Water Supply.
The bulk of the water supply in the borough is provided by the Metropolitan Water
Board, and this has been satisfactory both in quality and quantity.
Eight wells are in use in the borough, from which samples were taken during the year,
the results of analyses being communicated to the owners.
Various departments of the L.M.S. Railway are supplied from a private well situated
at the L.M.S. Colne Valley pumping station at Watford. Two representative samples were
taken from :—
L.M.S. Clearing House, Drummond Street.
64, Cardington Street.

Table: Tuberculosis Register. The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1953:-

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Tuberculosis Register. The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1953:-

	Pulmonary	Non-Pulmonary	Total
Number of cases on the Register at the commencement of the year. Number of.new cases during the year.	1.398 356	194 34	1,592 390
	1.754 324	228 38	1,982 362
Number of cases removed from the Register during the year (by death or other causes).	1.754 324	228 38	1,982 362
Number of cases remaining on the Register at the end of the year.	1.430	190	1,620

Table: This work is carried out either by Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square. W.C.I.

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This work is carried out either by Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square. W.C.I.

	Positive	Negative	Total
Diphtheria	-	141	141
Dysentery	46	53	99
Food Poisoning	8	5	13
Haemolytic Streptococci	7	17	24
Paratyphoid Fever	2	8	10
Pathogenic organisms	47	270	317
Tuberculosis	6	35	41
Whooping Cough	-	3	3
Others:-
Urine	1	-	1
Strept. Viridians	1	-	1
Totals	118	532	650

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Table: Tuberculosis Register. The following table gives a summary of the changes in the register during the year 1953:-

Table: This work is carried out either by Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, or the Royal Institute of Public Health and Hygiene, 23, Queen Square. W.C.I.