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 Deptford Borough]
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TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY Cases on Dispensary Register 31/12/44 447
Consultations between Practitioners and Tuberculosis Officer. | 312 | Number of contacts examined | 1,137 | |
Visits of Tuberculosis Officer to homes | 205 | Total attendances of patients and contacts at Dispensary | 1,982 | |
Visits of Tuberculosis Health Visitors to homes - | ||||
(To Dispensary cases | 3,384 | X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary cases | 581 | |
(To other cases | 1,362 | Total specimens of sputum examined at Dispensary | 585 |
TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE
Recommendations,for institutional treatment,to Care Committee. | 156 |
Visits paid by Secretary | 741 |
Interviews | 716 |
Cases dealt with by Care Committee | 720 |
Sums raised by Christmas Seals (1944) £128.4.11d. Expenses | £4.15. 8d. |
SANITARY INSPECTION
Total primary inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors | 5,920 | |
Total re-inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors | 15,257 | |
Total number of Intimation Notices served | 759 | |
Total number of Statutory Notices served | 240 | |
Cases in which legal proceedings were instituted to enforce compliance with Notices | 4 |
HOUSING
During the year 1944, Deptford suffered severely from fly-bomb
activity, slowing up the repair work to houses damaged by earlier raids
and in many instances nullifying the work already done.
By December 1944, some 900 premises had been requisitioned
for rehousing bombed-out families. Many such premises were in various
stages of disrepair, forming the subject of frequent complaint and
necessitating numerous visits by the Sanitary Inspectors in an endeavour
to secure the abatement of the more clamant nuisances.
500 Hutments and 300 Emergency Factory made Houses were
applied for.
During the year, one dwelling house was represented as unfit
for human habitation.
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