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Holborn 1923

Annual report of the Medical Officer of Health, for the year 1923

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Anthrax.
No case of anthrax was notified during the year.
Chicken-pox.
Chicken-pox was notifiable in the Borough up to June, and during this period
57 cases were notified by medical practitioners and were visited as a routine by
the Medical Officer of Health and Sanitary Inspectors. During the year information
of 97 cases was also received from school teachers and others, making a total
of 154 cases brought to our knowledge. Some of the cases notified by school
teachers were also visited.
Mumps.
Information was received from school teachers of 56 cases of mumps.

Bacteriological Work.

The following Table gives details of the examinations made during the year:—

DiphtheriaEnteric FeverConsumptionOther Diseases
Number SubmittedResult of ExaminationNumber SubmittedResult of ExaminationNumber SubmittedResult of ExaminationNumber SubmittedResult of Examination
366Bacilli not found 282Nil...82Bacilli not fouud 71Nil...
Bacilli found 84...Bacilli found 11...

Disinfections.
During the year 354 rooms and 3,869 articles of bedding, clothing, etc., were
disinfected after various infectious diseases.
Thirty-six disinfections were carried out after tuberculosis.
Special attention is devoted to toys and more particularly to any toy put in
the mouth. These latter are as a rule destroyed. 195 toys were disinfected.
In addition to the above, 82 articles of bedding clothing, etc., were
disinfected at the request of the Medical Officer of Health of Finsbury, during
repairs to the disinfecting apparatus in that Borough.
Arrangements were also made at the request of a trading firm for the disinfection
at the cost of such firm, of a quantity of second-hand clothing, prior to
exportation to South Africa; 450 articles were so disinfected and certificates
given.
83 books belonging to the Holborn Public Library were disinfected.
An ambulance belonging to the London County Council in which an infectious
patient had been conveyed was disinfected.
Cleansing of Persons Act.
During the year 125 persons (116 men and 9 women) infested with vermin
had their bodies and 1,446 articles of clothing disinfected, free of charge, at our
cleansing station Goldsmith Street.
Forty-one verminous rooms were disinfected.