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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 1958
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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PREVENTION OP DAMAGE BY PESTS ACT, 1949
Details of the work carried out during 1958 and the previous year in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-
| Premises | Total | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Private | Business | ||||||
| 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | ||
| Complaints received | 763 | 976 | 97 | 144 | 860 | 1,120 | |
| Investigations made | 2,355 | 2,094 | 253 | 460 | 2,608 | 2,554 | |
| Infestations found | Rats | 358 | 440 | 63 | 82 | 421 | 522 |
| Mice | 403 | 513 | 34 | 59 | 437 | 572 | |
| Treatments | Rats | 390 | 523 | 60 | 77 | 450 | 600 |
| Mice | 380 | 482 | 36 | 58 | 416 | 540 | |
| Advice only | - | - | - | 4 | - | 4 | |
The staff employed on this work consists of one rodent officer and five
operatives.
MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT
The following table shows the work undertaken during the year, with the corresponding figures for 1957-
| Post-Mortem Examination | Received for Viewing or Convenience only | Total | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | 1958 | 1957 | |
| Resident and died in St.Pancras | 197 | 230 | 9 | - | 206 | 230 |
| Died in St. Pancras, Resident elsewhere | 59 | 70 | 1 | 1 | 60 | 71 |
| Resident in St. Pancras, died elsewhere | 49 | 50 | - | - | 49 | 50 |
| Resident and died elsewhere | 921 | 870 | 4 | 4 | 925 | 874 |
| 1,226 | 1,220 | 1 | 5 | 1,240 | 1,225 | |
| Inquests held at Coroner's Court | 755 | 739 | ||||