Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report on the health of the Borough during the year 1920
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Rooms, Bedding and Clothing disinfected during the Year ending 31st December, 1920.
| Month. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis | Enteric and Typhoid. | Verminous Rooms. | Cancer. | Erysipelas. | Chicken Pox. | Scabies. | Measles. | Influenza. | Pneumonia. | By Request. | Total No. of Rooms | Total No. of Articles. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 33 | 63 | 7 | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | .. | 6 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | 116 | 2493 |
| February | 33 | 48 | 14 | 1 | 15 | .. | .. | 1 | 6 | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 121 | 1976 |
| March | 41 | 51 | 8 | .. | 11 | 2 | 2 | .. | 6 | 6 | .. | 4 | 6 | 137 | 2303 |
| April | 46 | 39 | 14 | .. | 13 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 4 | .. | .. | 1 | 120 | 1777 |
| May | 46 | 34 | 12 | .. | 19 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 3 | 116 | 2084 |
| June | 65 | 34 | 11 | .. | 29 | .. | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | 131 | 1522 |
| July | 69 | 37 | 4 | .. | 7 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 120 | 2051 |
| August | 75 | 47 | 14 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 1 | 142 | 2134 |
| September | 115 | 57 | 10 | .. | 3 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | 1 | 1 | 2 | 191 | 2459 |
| October | 162 | 45 | 8 | .. | 5 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | .. | .. | .. | 3 | 225 | 4090 |
| November | 213 | 48 | 7 | .. | 2 | 1 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | .. | 273 | 4330 |
| December | 101 | 38 | 12 | .. | 2 | 2 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 2 | 160 | 2232 |
| I | | 999 I | 541 | 121 | 3 | 102 | 7 | 6 | 3 | 28 | 15 | 2 | 6 | 19 | 1852 | 29,451 |