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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

Wanstead and Woodford 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wanstead and Woodford]

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2. (a) Cancer. Particulars with reference to the prevalence of this
disease are as follows:—

Table: ANALYSIS OF DEATHS FROM CANCER.

ANALYSIS OF DEATHS FROM CANCER.

Site.Male.Female.Total
15—3535—4545—5555—65Over 6515—3535-4545—5555—65Over 65
Colon......114......12211
Liver............2.........114
Rectum...1222.........2110
Stomach......225.........2415
Other Digestive Organs.........12............47
Lung......1...3.........127
Uterus........................415
Ovaries..................1......14
Breast..................2...248
Bladder......121............15
Prostate...112............4
Other Sites11.........215
Total1, 28922132162285

Table: (b) Disinfection and Disinfestation.The disinfection of bedding and similar articles is done by the saturated steam process in a Washington-Lyons Disinfector; infected premises are sprayed with formalin and fumigated by burning formalin tablets.

(b) Disinfection and Disinfestation.The disinfection of bedding and similar articles is done by the saturated steam process in a Washington-Lyons Disinfector; infected premises are sprayed with formalin and fumigated by burning formalin tablets.

Number of rooms disinfected410
Number of verminous rooms disinfested48
Loads of bedding disinfected245
Loads of bedding disinfected for Chigwell U.D.C.61
Number of school classrooms disinfected8
(c) Laboratory Work. The following specimens from Wanstead and Woodford were dealt with by the Counties Public Health Laboratories:—
Diphtheria397
Sputa151
Typhoid11
Ringworm—
Miscellaneous56
Total615

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(d) Tuberculosis. Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925, and the Public Health Act, 1936, section 172. No action was
necessary with regard to persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis
employed in the milk trade.