Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the sanitary condition of the Hackney District for the year 1905
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In the month of September I introduced the provision of sulphur baths for cases of scabies. The result
in this respect has been very gratifying.
The following table gives particulars of the number,
Month | January | February | March | April | May | June | July | August | September | October | November | December | Totals. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
ReceivingHot Baths. | Men | 2 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 26 | 31 | 56 | 38 | 14 | 11 | 12 | 198 |
Women | .. | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | . 1 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 6 | |
Children | .. | 3 | 3 | 3 | .. | 2 | .. | 5 | 1 | .. | .. | 17 | ||
Receiving Sulphur Baths. | Men | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Women | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | 3 | |
Children | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 12 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 17 |