London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Greenwich 1909
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1909
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Disinfection has been offered and carried out in 47 cases,
including 66 rooms and 75 articles of bedding, &c.; disinfectant
has also been supplied to patients to disinfect sputum, &c.
The following table shows the number and character of the notifications received under the recent Public Health (Tuberculosis) Regulations:—
| 1st Notification. | 1st Quarter. 2nd Notification. | 3rd Notification. | Total. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| A. B. C. | A. B. C. | A. | B. C. | |
| 6 27 7 = 40 | 13 1 2=16 | 0 | 1 0=1 | 57 |
| 2nd Quarter. | ||||
| 7 10 3 = 20 | 0 2 6 = 8 | 0 | 1 2 = 3 | 31 |
| 3rd Quarter. | ||||
| 9 18 3 = 30 | 4 1 2 = 7 | — | — — | 37 |
| 4th Quarter. | ||||
| 6 20 7 = 33 | 2 6 3 = 11 | 0 | 1 4 = 5 | 49 |
| Total for Year. | ||||
| 28 75 20 = 123 | 19 10 13 = 42 | 0 | 3 6 = 9 | 174 |
A, Indicates notifications by Medical Officers of Poor Law Institutions.
B. indicates notifications by District Medical Officers.
C. Indicates notifications of patients'changes of address made by Superintendents
of Poor Law Institutions.
From which it will be seen that during the year there were
a total of 103 patients notified, 28 of them being already in Poor
Law Institutions, and 75 being patients outside such Institutions,
concerning which patients we received 20 intimations of change
of addresses, a further 29 second notifications from other Poor
Law Medical Practitioners, and 3 third such notifications, whilst
13 second notifications of changes of address, and 6 third such
notifications were also received.
GREENWICH HEALTH SOCIETY.
This Society continues to make slow but satisfactory progress
in the Borough. Its operations, however, are considerably
hampered by lack of sufficient suitable visitors. The difficulty
mentioned last year concerning the somewhat belated knowledge
as to births, has been entirely overcome by the adoption in this
Borough of the Notification of Births Act, so that now it is possible