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Holborn 1907
Report for the year 1907 of the Medical Officer of Health
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BACTERIOLOGY.
The following table gives details of the examinations made by the Lister Institute of Preventive Medicine during the year.
| District. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Consumption. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Number Submitted. | Result of Examination. | Number Submitted. | Result of Examination. | Number Submitted. | Result of Examination. | |
| St. Giles and Bloomsbury | 3 | 3 bacilli not found | 3 | - | 4 | 3 bacilli not found |
| - bacilli found | 1 bacilli found | |||||
| Holborn | 10 | 8 bacilli not found | -Positive | - bacilli not found | ||
| 2 bacilli found | 3 Negative | - | - bacilli found | |||
| Whole Borough | 13 | 11bacilli not found | 3 | - Positive | 4 | 3 bacilli not found |
| 2 bacilli found | 3 Negative | 1 bacilli found | ||||
CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT-
During the year 247 men, 7 women, and 12 children, infested with vermin,
had their bodies and clothing disinfected free of charge. Of the 266 persons, 221
had their bodies cleansed in the baths of the St. Giles and Bloomsbury Casual
Wards in Goldsmith Street, and 1,456 articles were disinfected in the Council's
steam appratus. The remaining 45 had their bodies cleansed in the baths of the
Holborn Casual Wards, Little Gray's Inn Lane, and their 361 articles of clothing'
disinfected in the steam apparatus at that Casual Ward.
On account of the large number of persons applying in the latter part of 1905
the cleansing of persons had to be limited to those living in the Borough.
Under the London County Council (General Powers) Act, 1907, powers are
given for the compulsory cleansing of verminous children attending any of the
Council's schools, and verminous inmates of any common lodging houses.
HOUSINGJOF THE WORKING.CLASSES ACT, 1890
Action under Part I, of the Act.
WARNER STREET (ITALIAN COLONY) AREA.
Details of this area, which was represented by me in July 1901, were given
in my Annual Report for that year.
In successive Annual Reports I have given details of the few changes that
had taken place in the area prior to 1906 and of the correspondence that had