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 1912

The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1912

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46
HOUSES INSPECTED AND ENQUIRIES MADE IN
CONNECTION WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Excluding Measles.
Number of Houses Inspected and Enquiries made 1,940
Number of Revisits 6,185
Fifty-five Rooms have been cleansed after disinfection by the
Department.
HOUSES INSPECTED AND ENQUIRIES MADE IN
CONNECTION WITH MEASLES.
Number of Houses Inspected and Enquiries made, including
Revisits 251
The undermentioned Schools have been disinfected, owing
to the prevalence of infectious disease amongst the children attending:—
May—Christ's College (84 rooms), Scarlet Fever.
December—Fossdene Road School (1 classroom), Scarlet
Fever.