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 Lewisham Borough]
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Cleansing Station Return of Work for 1933.
Children treated for Vermin | 907 |
Attendances at Cleansing Station | 1,626 |
Adults treated for Vermin | 3 |
Attendances at Cleansing Station | 3 |
Children treated for Scabies | 117 |
Baths given ... | 740 |
Adults treated for Scabies | 26 |
Baths given ... | 79 |
Rooms treated for Vermin, etc. | 338 |
Articles of Clothing and Bedding treated | 1,795 |
SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Refuse Removal and Disposal.
The tonnage collected in 1933 is shown below.
Loads. | Tons. | |
---|---|---|
Container System | 20,469 | 37,093 |
Freighters | 4,570 | 6,297 |
Other Vehicles | 357 | 364 |
Totals | 25,396 | 43,754 |
The following are the figures for 1933 : —
Loads. | Tons. | |
---|---|---|
Home Park Destructor | 10,719 | 17,816 |
Molesworth Street Destructor | 12,278 | 17,975 |
Barged away | 4,571 | 8,549 |
Shoots | 55 | 86 |
Totals | 27,622 | 44,426 |
The figures for disposal include refuse from the Council's Openair
Market, and also trade refuse delivered by tradesmen to the
Council's dust destructors.