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 Hampstead Borough]
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HAMPSTEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL CLEANSING CENTRE
Verminous conditions | Scabies | |||
---|---|---|---|---|
Cases | Treatments | Cases | Treatments | |
Adults | 18 | 21 | 9 | 24 |
Children under 5 | 6 | 9 | 1 | 2 |
Children over 5 | - | - | - | - |
Contacts | - | - | 1 | 1 |
L.C.C. School Children | 36 | 36 | - | - |
London County Council (General Powers) Act. 1953
Persons cleansed at home NIL
DISINFECTION AND PISINFESTATION
No. of calls by borough van 4,112
No. of articles passed through steam chamber 3,393
No. of rooms disinfested after vermin 157
No. of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 188
No. of rooms cleansed after death or removal 31
Parcels of clothes for despatch abroad 132
PUBLIC MORTUARY. NEW END
Bodies admitted by order of:- | ||
---|---|---|
Coroner | 181 | |
Ambulance | 28 | |
Police | 5 | |
Marie Curie Hospital | 9 | |
New End Hospital | 2 | 225 |
Causes of death
Natural Causes | ••• | 180 | |
Suicides:- | |||
Coal Gas Poisoning | 12 | ||
Hanging | 1 | ||
Drugs | 6 | ||
Falls | l | ||
Knife Wounds | 1 | ||
Railway | l | 22 | |
Accidental:- | |||
Falls | 4 | ||
Road Accidents | 10 | 14 | |
Post Operative | 3 | ||
Foetus | 3 | ||
Bodies brought for accommodation | 2 | ||
Post Natal | 1 | 225 | |
No. of post mortem examinations carried out | ••• | 223 |