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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
Deptford 1924
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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The accommodation provided consists of a detached building
containing two separate and distinct tenements, each consisting of
two bedrooms, kitchen, larder, bathroom, and w.c. The shelter was
not used during the year.
Disinfection.
The disinfection of infected clothing and bedding has been carried
out at the Disinfecting Station, Watson Street, by means of two
machines of the Washington-Lyons pattern with independent boilers.
The number of rooms disinfected by the Council's staff during the
year was 1,215.
Disinfecting fluid is supplied gratis where required in cases of
infectious disease.
When necessary, the walls of the disinfected portion of the house
have been stripped and the ceilings cleansed.
| 1924 Date | * Small Pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Erysipelas. | Enteric Fever. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Puerperal Fever, | Cancer. | Pneumonia. | Measles. | Requests. | Scabies. | Encephalitis Lethargica. | Senile Decay | Diarrhoea. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 20 | 9 | 31 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 6 | ||||||||
| February | 10 | 13 | 24 | 5 | 6 | ||||||||||
| March | 13 | 28 | 23 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 2 | ||||||||
| April | 28 | 15 | 1 | 29 | 3 | 1 | |||||||||
| May | 13 | 23 | 1 | 28 | 3 | 3 | 2 | ||||||||
| June | 29 | 18 | 3 | 19 | 2 | 2 | |||||||||
| July | 24 | 21 | 3 | 38 | 15 | ||||||||||
| August | 25 | 20 | 1 | 21 | 1 | 3 | |||||||||
| September | 28 | 30 | 5 | 19 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| October | 24 | 48 | 18 | 2 | |||||||||||
| November | 29 | 56 | 3 | 32 | 1 | 2 | |||||||||
| December | 47 | 56 _ | 2 | 1 | 25 | 2 | 1 | 4 | 5 | ||||||
| Total | 7 | 290 | 337 | 18 | 307 | 3 | 31 | 5 | 25 | 19 | 1 | 1 |
* This disinfection was carried out on suspicion of small-pox. The patient
was subsequently found not to be suffering from an infectious disease.