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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 1913
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1913
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HOUSES INSPECTED AND ENQUIRIES MADE IN
CONNECTION WITH INFECTIOUS DISEASE.
Excluding Measles.
Number of Houses Inspected and Enquiries made 1,245
Number of Revisits 6,603.
Forty-five rooms have been cleansed after disinfection by
the Department.
The undermentioned Schools have been disinfected, owing
to the prevalence of infectious disease amongst the children attending:—
January—Holy Trinity (1 room), Diphtheria.
September—Invicta Road (2 rooms), Scarlet Fever.
During the year, when premises have been entered for the
purpose of carrying out disinfection after cases of Infectious
Disease, the following books belonging to the Libraries, etc., were
destroyed:—
Central Library, 32; Branch Library, 15; School Libraries,
14; Total, 61.