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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 1964

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

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CLEANSING AND DISINFESTING
Cleansing

Table: The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1964 was as follows:-(1) Scabies

The number of attendances at the Council's Public Health Annexe during the year 1964 was as follows:-

(1) Scabies

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1963Total 1964
St. Pancras18817880115282561
Ex St. Pancras----22-
No fixed abode------
Totals18817880115304561

Table: (2) Verminous Conditions

(2) Verminous Conditions

MenWomenChildren under 5SchoolchildrenTotal 1963Total 1964
Head liceSt. Pancras41611151148164
Ex. St. Pancras------
No fixed abode------
Body liceSt. Pancras34234-2437378
Ex St. Pancras----28-
No fixed abode----35-
Totals383951153648542

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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.
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