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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

Islington 1914

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Islington, Metropolitan Borough of]

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1914]
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Table: Persons usingShelter Housepending the disinfection of their homes.

Persons usingShelter Housepending the disinfection of their homes.

Date of Admittance.Address.Number in Family.Cause.
1914.
January 16317, Liverpool Road1Erysipelas
June 897, Englefield Road3Scarlet Fever
17209, Liverpool Buildings1Measles
August 84, Sheringham Road4Diphtheria
October 1528, Gifford Street1Scarlet Fever
2472, St. John's Road1Do.
November 26136a Seven Sisters' Road1Do.
December 19160, Elthorne Road1Do.

Table: Verminous persons cleansed at theShelter Houseunder the" Cleansingof Persons Act, 1897."

Verminous persons cleansed at theShelter Houseunder the" Cleansing

of Persons Act, 1897."

Date of Admittance.Address.Number of Persons.Cause.
1914.
January 14Lodging House, Eden Grove1Verminous
February 35, Eden Grove1Do.
19.65, Bride Street1Do.
March 2— Eden Grove1Do.
„ 1716, Barnsbury Street1Do.
„ 2665, Campbell Road1Do.
May 440, Lambton Road1Do.
„ 8106, Bingfield Street2Do.
June 2460, St. fames' Road1Do.
September 12151, Downham Road1Do.
2163, Caledonian Road1Do.
October 365, Campbell Road1Do.
December 141, St. John's Villas1Do

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31 men from one of the Territorial Regiments who were suffering from
Scabies were afforded bathing facilities.