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 Hammersmith Borough]
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The Food Standards Committee has issued a report on the present standards for cream with
reco irmendations for their extension; and the Food Additives and Contaminants Committee another
on aldrin and dieldrin suggesting limits for the quantities which should be permitted as residues
in foods."
Medicinal Baths & Treatment Centre
General
Work in most sections has remained reasonably static when compared with 1966 as shown
in the S tatistical Summary on Page . In mid-1966 the departmental laundry undertook laundering
for Southway Close and Hurlingham Lodge. The marked increase in the section is the result of a
full year's work. Treatment for scabies shows an increase of 31%. The increase in the number of
articles sterilised is the result of the first full year's work from Hurlingham Lodge. All articles
received for laundering from this tuberculosis hostel are first sterilised.
Work on behalf of neighbouring local authorities shows a marked increase in most sections.
Cleansing and Treatment of Persons In all 788 individuals received 1387 treatments for a variety of causes. The four main con-ditions treated were:-
Scabies | 463 | patients | 907 treatments |
Head lice | 79 | 121 " | |
Body lice | 139 | 169 | |
Pubic lice | 87 | 149 " |
Of the treatments for body lice 56% were in respect of men from a large hostel in the
Borough.
Work carried out on behalf of other London Boroughs involved 394 persons who received
584 treatments.
Steam Sterilisation
Collections | Articles | |
---|---|---|
Hammersmith: | ||
West London Hospital | 147 | 981 |
Fulham Hospital | 26 | 926 |
Stamford House | 39 | 427 |
Parsons Oreen Clinic | 1 | 64 |
Hurlingham Lodge | 51 | 5196 |
Olympia | 1 | 399 |
Private dwellings | 7 | 36 |
272 | 8029 | |
Other local authorities: | ||
L.B. Ealing | 14 | 354 |
L.B. Hounslow | 4 | 388 |
L.B. Richmond | 8 | 608 |
26 | 1350 |