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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 1960

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

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Table: CLEANSING AND DISINFESTINGCleansingThe number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1960 was as follows:-(1) Scabies

CLEANSING AND DISINFESTING

Cleansing

The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1960 was as follows:-

(1) Scabies

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1960Total 1959
St. Pancras18619374112565567
Ex St. Pancras303--3333
No fixed abode1---1-
Totals21719674112599600

Table: (2) Verminous Condi Hons

(2) Verminous Condi Hons

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1960Total 1959
Head liceSt. Pancras240466112177
Ex St. Pancras-----13
No fixed abode------
Body liceSt. Pancras26919--288388
Ex St. Pancras151--164
No fixed abode9---9-
Totals29560466425626

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The majority of the children included in the above tables were brought by
school officers of the London County Council under powers conferred upon them by
the Education Act, 1944. Payment is made by the London County Council at the rate
of three shillings per child in respect of both verminous conditions and scabies,
subject to a minimum annual payment of £250.
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