Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Pancras, Metropolitan Borough]
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PREVENTION OF DAMAGE BY PESTS
Details of the work carried out during 1962 in respect of rats and mice are given in the following table:-
Premises | Total 1962 | |||
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Private 1962 | Business 1962 | |||
Complaints received | 790 | 156 | 946 | |
Investigations made | 2, 793 | 354 | 3.147 | |
Infestations found | Rats | 380 | 58 | 438 |
Mice | 394 | 93 | 487 | |
Properties treated | 738 | 142 | 880 | |
Treatments and re-treatments | 7, 511 | 548 | 8.059 |
The staff employed on this work consists of 1 rodent officer and 5 operatives.
MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT
The following table shows the work undertaken during the year, with the corresponding figures for 1960:-
Post-Mortem examinat ion | Received for viewing or convenience only | Total | ||||
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1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | 1962 | 1961 | |
Resident and died inSt. Pancras | 244 | 206 | 4 | 1 | 248 | 207 |
Died in St. Pancras, resident elsewhere | 75 | 67 | 1 | - | 76 | 67 |
Resident in St. Pancras, died elsewhere | 47 | 43 | - | - | 47 | 43 |
Resident and died elsewhere | 1,102 | 1,117 | 2 | 3 | 1,104 | 1,120 |
1,468 | 1,433 | 7 | 4 | 1,475 | 1,437 |
Inquests held at Coroner's Court
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