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St Pancras 1953
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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Professional Nursing in Necessitous Homes.
This is provided by the staff of the following three District Nursing Associations:—
Hampstead District Nursing Association, 3, Pond Street, N.W.3.
Metropolitan District Nursing Association, 31, Bedford Place, Bloomsbury Square,
W.C.I.
North London (Islington) Nursing Association, 6 and 7, Canonbury Place, N.l.
The Borough Council has an arrangement with these Associations for the home nursing,
at the request of the medical practitioner in attendance, of cases of Measles, Whooping Cough,
Ophthalmia Neonatorum, Pemphigus Neonatorum, Infective Enteritis, Acute Primary and
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia.
Arrangements are also in force with the Metropolitan District Nursing Association, for
the home nursing of cases of Puerperal Fever and Puerperal Pyrexia.
MORTUARY AND CORONER' S COURT. The following table shows the routine work undertaken during the year, with, in brackets, the corresponding figures for 1952:-
| Post-Mortem Examinations. | Received for Viewing or Convenience only. | Total. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Resident and died in St.Pancras | 242 | (223) | - | (3) | 243 | (226) |
| Died in St.Pancras, resident elsewhere | 139 | (112) | 6 | (7) | 145 | (119) |
| Resident in St.Pancras, died elsewhere | 39 | (18) | 2 | (5) | 41 | (23) |
| Resident and died elsewhere | 689 | (597) | 36 | (37) | 725 | (634) |
| TOTAL | 1,109 | (950) | 44 | (52) | 1,154 | ( 1,002) |
| Inquests held at Coroner's Court | 489 | (442) | ||||
RODENT CONTROL.
| Premises. | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Private. | Business. | Total. | |
| Complaints received | 912 | 192 | 1,104 |
| Investigations made | 3, 424 | 558 | 3,982 |
| Infestations found - Rats | 689 | 147 | 836 |
| Mice | 242 | 18 | 260 |
| Treatments | 914 | 148 | 1,062 |
| Advice only | 27 | 17 | 44 |
Midwifery Grants.
By arrangement with Middlesex Hospital and University College Hospital assistance
is accorded to the hospital where the St. Pancras mother is accepted for her confinement and
is unable to pay the sum of £3 per week. This assistance is a maximum of £1 per patient
admitted to the hospital, and is granted only in approved necessitous cases. The total for
1946 was 51 cases.
An agreed sum is also paid to the University College Hospital in respect of the use of an
Emergency Obstetric Unit, but there was no case during the year.