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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
St George (Southwark) 1900
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, The Vestry of the Parish of St. George the Martyr]
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The following table shows the number of cases of infectious disease notified from one, two, and three roomed tenements, and the number and percentage of such cases admitted to the Reception House.
| Ward. | One-roomed dwellings. | Two-roomed dwellings. | Three-roomed dwellings. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases notified. | Admitted to Reception House. | Percentage of cases admitted. | Cases notified. | Admitted to Reception House. | Percentage of cases admitted. | Cases notified. | Admitted to Reception House. | Percentage of cases admitted. | |
| I | 35 | 13 | 37.14 | 160 | 46 | 28.75 | 137 | 16 | 11.60 |
| II ,, | 16 | 4 | 25.00 | 37 | 14 | 37.83 | 37 | 3 | 8.10 |
| III | 16 | 6 | 37.50 | 49 | 4 | 8.16 | 108 | 2 | 1.85 |
| 67 | 23 | 34.33 | 246 | 64 | 26.01 | 282 | 21 | 7.44 | |
DISINFECTION.
Lots of Bedding, &c., disinfected 634
Articles destroyed 91
Apartments disinfected 602
The following is a summary of premises infected by the different
zymotic diseases :—
Diphtheria 203
Scarlet Fever 221
Typhoid Fever 158
Miscellaneous 20
602
CERTIFICATES ISSUED BY THE SANITARY AUTHORITIES
AS TO THE SUFFICIENCY OF THE WATER SUPPLY.
Certificates under Sec. 48 of the Public Health (London) Act have
been granted by the Local Authority in respect to 261 dwellings, 168
being in No. I. Ward, 31 in No. II. Ward, and 62 in No. III. Ward