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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 1962

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

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31
CLEANSING AND DISINFESTING

Table: CleansingThe number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1962 was as follows:-

Cleansing

The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1962 was as follows:-

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1962Total 1961
St. Pancras10614751117424427
Ex St. Pancras50---5018
No fixed abode------
Totals15914751117474445

Table: (2) Verminous Conditions

(2) Verminous Conditions

MenRosenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1962Total 1961
Head liceSt. Pancras17458416477
Ex St. Pancras------
No fixed abode------
Body liceSt. Pancras3843922427345
Ex St. Pancras24---2440
No fixed abode48---4826
Totals457113786663488

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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.