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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 1961

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

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CLEANSING AND DISINFESTING

Table: CleansingThe number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1961 was as follows:-

Cleansing

The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1961 was as follows:-

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1961Total 1960
St. Pancras1271485894427565
Ex St. Pancras18---1833
No fixed abode------
Totals1451485894445599

Table: (2) Verminous Conditions

(2) Verminous Conditions

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1961Total 1960
Head liceSt. Pancras-1395577112
Ex St. Pancras------
No fixed abode------
Body liceSt. Pancras33492_345288
Ex St. Pancras40---4016
No fixed abode26---269
Totals400221155488425

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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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