London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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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Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin:-
| Cause | Number of cases | Sprayed and Fumigated | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number of rooms and contents | Rooms only | Contents only | ||
| Dysentery | 42 | 15 | - | 32 |
| Enteric Fever | 1 | 1 | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Measles | 4 | - | - | 4 |
| Meningococcal Infection | 5 | 4 | - | 1 |
| Other diseases | 174 | 11 | - | 166 |
| Poliomyelitis | 2 | 1 | - | 1 |
| Scabies | 1 | - | - | 1 |
| Scarlet Fever | 6 | 3 | - | 4 |
| Tuberculosis | 42 | 45 | - | 5 |
| Vermin | 393 | - | 673 | 12 |
| Totals | 672 | 81 | 673 | 227 |
Laundry Service for Incontinant Persona
Section 122 of the Public Health (London) Act. 1936 enables the Borough
Council to cleanse the bed-linen and clothes of incontinent persons The laundry
service for this purpose has been provided in the Geffen Public Health Annexe
since 1957. The service has proved of great benefit, especially in the nursing
of incontinent elderly persons in their own homes and so avoiding the necessity
of their admission to hospital The laundry is collected and returned twice weekly
The following table shows the number of persons'helped during 1959 to 1961:-
Month cases No. of services
1959 1960 1961 1959 1960 1961
January 18 28 49 66 153 151
February 26 28 47 101 111 180
March 20 33 47 81 128 182
April 21 34 34 71 133 149
May 25 31 35 81 117 117
June 31 25 30 92 110 100
July 32 27 32 93 115 110
August 26 33 100 116 106
September 27 30 28 102 119 120
October 26 35 29 144 153 98
November 29 35 34 116 151 134
December 31 45 40 120 140 124
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