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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
Bermondsey 1919
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1919
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Bacteriological Laboratory.
The total number of specimens examined in 1919 was 954,
as compared with 1,055 in 1918, and 1,212 in 1917.
Table C.
| Nature of Specimen. | Total Examinations. | Results of Examination. | ||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Positive. | Negative. | |||||
| 1918 | 1919 | 1918 | 1919 | 1918 | 1919 | |
| Diphtheria (specimens taken by Medical Officer of Health) | 524 | 320 | 57 | 22 | 467 | 298 |
| Ditto (taken by general practitioners) | 242 | 301 | 58 | 66 | 184 | 235 |
| Diphtheria (total specimens taken) | 766 | 621 | 115 | 88 | 651 | 533 |
| Phthisis | 281 | 331 | 51 | 64 | 230 | 267 |
| Enteric | 7 | 2 | 1 | – | 6 | 2 |
| Various | 1 | – | 1 | – | – | – |
| Total specimens taken | 1,055 | 954 | 168 | 152 | 887 | 802 |
OXLEY STREET CENTRE.
The following report was submitted to the Public Health Committee,
and the medical side of the Centre was taken over as
from the Ist April, 1920:—
Oxley Street Voluntary Maternity Centre.
"A voluntary maternity centre has been established at
34, Oxley Street, for about four years. The house is a small
eight-roomed one, the rental being 26s. 6d. per week. The
three upper rooms are sub-let at 8s. 6d. per week, leaving
the net rental of 18s. The house is very old. and from an
architectural point of view cannot be considered structurally
sound.
A Maternity and Child Welfare Clinic is held on one
afternoon each week and on another afternoon a lady dentist
attends to perform extractions and provide dentures.
Each of these officials receives a guinea per attendance,