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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 1933
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table gives particulars of the treatments given to persons who attended at the
Cleansing Station during the year :—
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Cleansings | Children | 116 | 234 | 211 | 141 | 249 | 240 | 248 | 76 | 326 | 312 | 262 | 286 | 2701 |
| Baths for Verminous Conditions | Men | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 3 | 29 |
| Women | — | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | |
| Children | 3 | 1 | 12 | — | 3 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 20 | |
| Baths for Scabies | Men | 9 | 18 | 11 | 3 | 4 | 2 | 14 | 5 | 5 | 4 | 10 | 21 | 106 |
| Women | 11 | 13 | 4 | 15 | 19 | 9 | 20 | 3 | 5 | 7 | 19 | 24 | 149 | |
| Children | 90 | 79 | 56 | 37 | 104 | 62 | 57 | 2 | 64 | 74 | 28 | 84 | 737 | |