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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 1934

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

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Table: Details of the work carried out during the year are contained in the following tables: —

Details of the work carried out during the year are contained in the following tables: —

Premises Visited2,114
Rooms Disinfected5,095
Articles Disinfected:—
Beds1,161
Blankets4,934
Bolsters1,224
Mattresses2,318
Pillows and Cushions5,407
Quilts2,058
Sheets3,151
Miscellaneous Articles11,060
Wearing Apparel11,433
42,746
Articles Washed20,711
Mattresses Re-tufted1,425
Verminous Rooms Treated300
Verminous Articles Treated1,600
Cleansing Station.
Children Treated for Vermin1,023
Attendances at the Cleansing Station1,775
Adults Treated for Vermin6
Attendances at the Cleansing Station6
Children Treated for Scabies118
Baths Given815
Adults Treated for Scabies38
Baths Given117

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SANITARY CIRCUMSTANCES OF THE AREA.
Refuse Removal and Disposal.
The collection of house and trade refuse is carried out by
the Borough Surveyor's Department, a weekly collection being the
rule. Practically the whole of the refuse is now collected in lowloading
line containers and motor vehicles. The tonnage collected in
1934 is shown helnw
Loads. Tons.
Container System 21,490 36,931
Freighters 4,410 5,424
Other Vehicles 476 475
Totals 26.376 42,830
The main portion of the refuse is disposed of at the Destructors
situated at Molesworth Street, Lewisham, and Home Park,