Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1925
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DISINFECTION.
The work of the Disinfecting Staff has been greatly facilitated
by the erection of the new premises at Tunnel Avenue, Blackwall
Lane, E. Greenwich, which were opened in June, 1924.
The following returns show in detail the amount of work performed
during the year.
Infectious Diseases. | Rooms. | ' Premises Entered. | Beds. | Palliasses. | Mattresses. | Bolsters. | Pillows. | Blankets. | Sheets. | |Cushions. | Quilts. | Odd Articles. | Total No.ArticlesDisinfected. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Polio-Myelitis | 1 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 4 |
Encephalitis Lethargica | 10 | 9 | 2 | .. | .. | 2 | 3 | 3 | 2 | .. | 1 | .. | 13 |
Scarlet Fever | 364 | 292 | 201 | .. | 103 | 140 | 496 | 438 | 38 | 40 | 148 | 417 | 2,221 |
Diphtheria | 421 | 346 | 196 | .. | 73 | 144 | 412 | 401 | 30 | 20 | 102 | 56 | 1,434 |
Enteric Fever | 14 | 13 | 3 | .. | 4 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 5 | 59 |
Puerperal Fever | 5 | 5 | 3 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 9 | 7 | 4 | .. | 4 | .. | 34 |
Tuberculosis | 217 | 142 | 65 | .. | 30 | 40 | 161 | 58 | 23 | 22 | 13 | 92 | 504 |
Other Diseases* | 88 | 58 | 33 | 2 | 126 | 38 | 248 | 183 | 21 | 53 | 20 | 52 | 776 |
Measles | 15 | 7 | .. | .. | 4 | 1 | 9 | 6 | .. | .. | .. | 20 | 40 |
From Verminous Premises | 8 | 5 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 6 | 22 | 45 | 1 | .. | 2 | 16 | 116 |
Scabies | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Influenza and Pneumonia | 3 | 3 | .. | .. | 2 | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 3 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | .. | 2 | .. | 11 |
Total | 1,149 | 883 | 512 | 5 | 360 | 381 | 1,381 | 1,164 | 123 | 139 | 296 | 858 | 5,219 |
*Includes :—Cancer; 20 Rooms ; 65 Articles.