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St Pancras 1963

[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:-

CauseSprayed and Fumigated
Number of casesNumber of rooms and contentsRooms onlyContents only
Dysentery3935-17
Enteric Fever11--
Erysipelas----
Measles11--
Meningococcal Infection33--
Other diseases159192135
Poliomyelitis22--
Scabies2-31
Scarlet Fever4211
Tuberculosis107-3
Vermin328-52542
Totals54970531199

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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 1963 and the previous year.

The following table shows the number of persons helped during 1963 and the previous year.

MonthCasesNo. of services
1963196219631962
January3642236123
February3736136117
March3940137150
April3942141157
May3437136145
June3441136150
July3841160150
August3338140130
September3338116130
October3437116146
November3336133130
December283689118