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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

Lewisham 1912

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

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57
breweries 5, silk mills 1, preserve works 32, flour mills 9, saw
mills 1, public institutions 55, bakehouses 17, sewer works 23,
miscellaneous premises 18.
The duration of the observations varied from ¼-an-hour
to 1½ hours each. In consequence of offences observed,
5 intimation notices were served. No legal proceedings were
instituted.
DISINFECTION.
During the year disinfection was carried out at 1,188
houses or premises in the Borough, a total of 2,771 rooms being
sprayed. The number of articles removed to the Council's
Station for disinfection, either by steam or the formalin process,
was 39,247.

Table: The details of the work carried out are as follows:—

The details of the work carried out are as follows:—

Premises.Rooms,Articles.
Scarlet Fever432106419241
Diphtheria412103516141
Enteric Fever26651068
Puerperal Fever67124
Pulmonary Tuberculosis154228920
Erysipelas121254
Cancer2654360
Other diseases120306799

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Verminous premises. — In addition to the above, 39
verminous rooms were fumigated with sulphur.