Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health for 1929.
Scabies.
The names of 30 school children who were suffering from
Scabies were forwarded to me by the Medical Officer to the
London County Council, and the homes were visited by the
Sanitary Inspectors. These children were being treated at the
London County Council cleansing stations. In 20 cases where
consent was obtained, disinfection of the bedding and clothing
of the patient was carried out by the disinfecting staff.
In addition to the above, 16 other cases were reported to
me. These cases were treated at the Council's disinfecting
station with sulphurated potash baths, and in every case
the disease was cured. The average number of baths given
per case was three.
Other Infective Diseases.
18 deaths occurred, eight from Syphilis, two from Tetanus,
seven from Septicaemia, and one from Mycosis Fungoides.
TABLE XIX.—continued.
School. | Diseases. | |||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Measles. | German Measles. | Chicken-pox. | Whooping Cough. | Mumps. | Ringworm. | Other Diseases. | Totals. | |
Brought forward | 128 | 110 | 58 | 267 | 171 | 256 | 196 | 8 | 214 | 1,408 |
Balham. | ||||||||||
Bee, The | 6 | 2 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 8 |
Broadwater Road | 7 | 3 | 15 | 38 | 18 | 16 | 5 | - | 1 | 103 |
Fircroft Road | 5 | 4 | 6 | 25 | 32 | 16 | 13 | - | 9 | 110 |
Hearnville Road | 7 | 24 | 6 | 23 | 4 | 11 | 37 | - | 2 | 114 |
Hearnville Road Special | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Holy Trinity, Balham | 1 | 1 | 3 | 7 | 1 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 21 |
Nightingale Square R.C. | 1 | 5 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 6 |
Oldridge Road | 8 | 7 | 3 | 7 | 3 | 14 | 3 | 3 | 39 | 87 |
Ravenstone Street | 4 | 37 | 5 | 13 | 4 | 9 | 11 | 1 | 3 | 87 |
St. Mary's | 7 | 4 | 22 | 15 | 20 | 34 | 1 | - | 1 | 104 |
Smalhvood Road | 5 | 4 | 7 | 15 | 37 | 6 | 51 | 1 | 5 | 131 |
Streatham. | ||||||||||
Christchurch | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Eardley Road | 11 | 15 | 1 | 3 | 103 | 54 | 3 | - | 19 | 209 |
Furzedown Demonstration | 7 | 3 | I | 3 | 14 | 5 | 28 | - | 13 | 74 |
Granton Road | 8 | 13 | 6 | 9 | 3 | 38 | 2 | - | 18 | 97 |
Hitherfield Road | 9 | 1 | 18 | 59 | 11 | 33 | 66 | 2 | 21 | 220 |
Immanuel | 5 | 3 | 1 | - | 3 | 7 | - | - | 1 | 20 |
Mitcham Lane | 24 | 11 | 2 | 6 | 62 | 47 | 21 | - | 16 | 189 |
St. Andrew's, Colmer Road | 1 | 3 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 4 |
St. Andrew's, Coventry Hall | 5 | 2 | - | - | 5 | 5 | 16 | - | 3 | 36 |
St. Leonard's | 2 | 1 | 2 | 1 | - | 10 | 1 | - | - | 17 |
Sunnyhill Road | 2 | 5 | 1 | 10 | 15 | 19 | 3 | - | 2 | 57 |
Tooting. | ||||||||||
Ensham Central | - | 1 | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 |
Ensham | 1 | 10 | 8 | 21 | 10 | 35 | 4 | - | 20 | 109 |
Defoe (Fountain Road) | 7 | 3 | 4 | 15 | 38 | 22 | 1 | - | 2 | 92 |
Franciscan Road | 3 | 5 | 10 | - | 10 | 20 | 34 | - | 6 | 88 |
Hillbrook Road | 13 | 4 | 1 | 10 | 5 | 27 | 6 | - | 21 | 87 |
Sellincourt Road | 11 | 7 | 13 | 46 | 52 | 36 | 82 | - | 44 | 291 |
Tooting Graveney | - | 5 | 12 | 5 | 10 | 19 | 23 | - | 7 | 81 |
Undine Street, R.C. | 1 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 9 |
Carried forward | 290 | 296 | 206 | 601 | 631 | 747 | 607 | 15 | 469 | 3,862 |