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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
Lambeth 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Lambeth, Metropolitan Borough of]
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Observations rln 2 of the polio-myelitis, and 3 ol the cerebro-spinal fever cases, there was some evidence of animals (catsand dogs) being connected, in some way or other, with the illnesses.
N.B.—The usual preventive measures, that are taken in connection with other infectious diseases, were taken, together with the stripping of papers off the walls of infected rooms.