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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

Hammersmith 1941

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hammersmith Borough]

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CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS.
The Medicinal Baths in Scotts Road, Shepherd's Bush,
provide for the treatment of cases of Scabies, Impetigo and
the cleansing of verminous persons, &c.

Table: I append figures showing the numbers dealt with during the year.

I append figures showing the numbers dealt with during the year.

School Children—Hammersmith.
Scabies1,437
Verminous1,079
Impetigo168
School Children—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil.
Children under Five Years—Hammersmith.
Scabies311
Verminous42
Impetigo7
Children under Five Years—Non-Hammersmith.
Scabies2
Adults—Hammersmith.
Scabies1,210
Verminous130
Impetigo8
Other Conditions2
Adults—Non-Hammersmith.
Scabies2
Common Lodging-houses.
Scabies21
Verminous132
Gibraltar Refugees.
Scabies286
Verminous70
Impetigo6
Evacuees.
Scabies13
Verminous38

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VACCINATION.
The duties under the Vaccination Acts and the Vaccination
Order were carried out bv the Public Health Department.
The Return for 1940 shows that 801 Infants were
vaccinated, this being 67.6 per cent, of the Births and compared
with 61.3 per cent, in 1939.
No proceedings under the Vaccination Acts were instituted.