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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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Table: DisinfestingFigures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin:-

Disinfesting

Figures set out below show the number of houses, rooms, etc., dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin:-

CauseNumber of casesSprayed and Fumigated
Number of rooms and contentsRooms onlyContents only
Dysentery433528
Enteric Fever24--
Erysipelas1--1
Measles23--
Meningococcal Infection----
Other diseases13718-127
Poliomyelitis11--
Scabies23-1
Scarlet Fever11--
Tuberculosis1713-4
Vermin326-56116
Totals53278561177

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Laundry Service for Incontinent Persons
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 and has proved of great benefit, especially in assisting 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.

Table: The following table shows the number of persons helped during 1962 and the previous year.

The following table shows the number of persons helped during 1962 and the previous year.

MonthCasesNo. of services
1961196219611962
January4942151123
February4736180117
March4740182150
April3442149157
May3537117145
June3041100150
July3241110150
August3338106130
September2838120130
October293798146
November3436134130
December4036124118