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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
Hackney 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table gives particulars of the baths given to persons who were treated at the Cleansing Station during the year.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Hot Baths | Men | 1 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 3 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 4 | 3 | 4 | 36 |
| Women | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 14 | |
| Children | 260 | 253 | 258 | 199 | 251 | 363 | 285 | 86 | 374 | 345 | 288 | 201 | 3163 | |
| Sulphur Baths | Men | 11 | 24 | 21 | 10 | 17 | 7 | .. | .. | 14 | 18 | 2 | 14 | 138 |
| Women | 8 | 16 | 10 | 1 | 10 | 7 | 6 | .. | 3 | 8 | 8 | 5 | 82 | |
| Children | 12 | 86 | 36 | 29 | 94 | 66 | 17 | 11 | 51 | 94 | 38 | 75 | 609 | |