Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
The annual report made to the Council of the Metropolitan Borough of Greenwich for the year 1922
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Number of Articles and Rooms Disinfected in connection with the Undermentioned Diseases for the 52 weeks ended 30th December, 1922.
Infectious Diseases. | Premises Entered. | Rooms. | Beds. | Palliasses. | Mattresses. | Bolsters. | Pillows. | Blankets. | Sheets. | Cushions. | Quilts. | Odd Articles. | Total No. Articles Disinfected. |
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Polio-Myelitis | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Small-pox | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Scarlet Fever | 502 | 691 | 336 | 6 | 208 | 284 | 807 | 906 | 82 | 60 | 258 | 615 | 3562 |
Diphtheria | 503 | 642 | 273 | .. | 111 | 183 | 556 | 499 | 48 | 41 | 140 | 78 | 1929 |
Enteric Fever | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 23 |
Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | 2 | .. | 3 | 4 | 10 | 12 | 4 | .. | 6 | 17 | 58 |
Tuberculosis | 96 | 134 | 44 | 2 | 20 | 28 | 116 | 45 | 6 | 16 | 26 | 19 | 322 |
Other Diseases | 41 | 56 | 26 | 4 | 114 | 36 | 187 | 167 | 24 | 16 | 10 | 156 | 740 |
Measles | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 7 |
From Verminous Premises | 6 | 6 | 4 | 1 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 12 | 1 | .. | 3 | 12 | 42 |
Scabies | 5 | 8 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 20 |
Influenza and Pneumonia | 7 | 12 | 4 | 1 | 5 | 5 | 16 | 6 | 1 | .. | 3 | .. | 41 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 2 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. |
Total | 1176 | 1567 | 693 | 14 | 472 | 548 | 1707 | 1664 | 167 | 133 | 449 | 897 | 6744 |