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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
Fulham 1920
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Outworkers' Premises.
The number of addresses of Outworkers received from other districts, was 293.
| No. of Inspections. | Notices Served. |
|---|---|
| 795 | 43 |
Cleansing of Children.
The names and addresses of 18 school children who
had been found in a verminous condition were forwarded
to the Public Health Department, and their
homes were visited by your Sanitary Inspectors, and
cleansed under the powers given by the London
County Council (General Powers) Act, 1904, their bedding,
clothing, &c., being dealt with at the Council's
disinfecting station.
Public Mortuary.
119 bodies were removed to the Mortuary during the year and were admitted as follows:—
| By order of the Coroner | 77 |
| Brought by Police | 8 |
| At the request of the M.O.H. | 2 |
| At the request of medical practitioners | 4 |
| For convenience till funeral | 28 |
| 119 |
Sixty-eight post-mortem examinations were conducted,
and inquests were held in 84 cases.
Destruction of Rats.—The Rats and Mice (Destruction)
Act came into operation on January 1st, 1920.
It provides that "Any person who shall fail to take
such steps as may from time to time be necessary
and reasonably practicable for the destruction of
rats and mice on or in any land of which he is the
occupier, or for preventing such land from becoming