Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Annual report on the health of the Metropolitan Borough of Deptford
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SPECIAL CASES.
Jan. 5th—Billington Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 1 mattress, 6 pillows, 1 bolster,
4 blankets, 9 odd articles disinfected.
,, 6th—Seymour Street. Cancer. 2 beds, 2 pillows, 1 bolster—disinfected,
,, Sth—Col wick Street Cancer. 1 bed, 1 pillow, 1 bolster, 1 blanket, 3 odd
articles —disinfected.
,, 16th—Rolt Street Cancer. 1 bed—disinfected.
,, 20th—St. John's Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 3 pillows, 1 bolster, 2 odd
articles—disinfected.
Feb. 2nd —Shere Road. Dropsy. 1 bed, 1 pillow, 1 bolster, 2 odd articlesdestroyed.
,, 2nd—Rolt Street, Cancer. 1 bed—disinfected.
Mar. 2nd—Erlanger Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 3 pillows, 5 odd articles—disinfected.
April 20th—Eckington Gardens. Cancer. 1 bed, 2 pillows—disinfected.
May 20th—Manor Road. Jaundice. 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 blanket, 6 odd articles
—disinfected.
June 12th—Strickland Street. Cancer. 1 bed, 3 pillows, 1 bolster—disinfected.
Camplin Street, Bronchitis. 1 mattress, 1 bed—destroyed.
Aug. 10th—Wickham Road. Cancer. 1 mattress, 1 bolster, 2 piliows, 3 udd
articles —disinfected.
,, 15th—Trundleys Road. Cancer. 2 beds, 2 bolsters, 1 pillow, 4 sheets,
2 odd articles—disinfected.
,, 18th—Jerningham Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 1 pillow, 2 sheets, 1 blanket—
disinfected.
24th— Haydock Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 bolster, 1 mattress,
1 blanket. 14 odd articles—disinfected.
Sept. 2nd—Kerry Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 3 pillows, 4 odd articles—disinfected.
,, 2nd—Amersliam Vale. Cancer. 1 bed, 4 pillows, 2 sheets, 1 bolster,
10 odd articles—disinfected.
,, 11th—Senegal Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 bolster, 1 odd article
—disinfected.
,, 25th—Jerningham Road. Heart disease. 1 bed—destroyed,
Oct. 8tli—Manor Road. Gangrene. 1 bed, 4 pillows, 1 bolster—disinfected.
,, 22nd—High Street. Cancer. 2 beds, 6 pillows, 2 bolsters, 7 odd articles
—disinfected.
,, 23rd—Foxberry Road. Heart disease. 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 bolster—
disinfected.
Nov. 24th—Warwick Street. Cancer. 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 bolster—disinfected.
„ 28th—Childeric Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 1 mattress, 2 sheets, 2 pillows,
1 bolster, 3 blankets—disinfected,
Dec. 30th—Evelyn Street. Cancer. 1 bed, 2 sheets, 3 blankets, 18 odd
articles—destroyed.
VERMINOUS PREMISES.
Fifty premises consisting of 99 rooms were fumigated during
the year.
MIDWIVES ACT.
Disinfection of wearing apparel, etc., was carried out in seven
cases.
BOOKS DISINFECTED.
One hundred and fifty-two Library books collected from houses
where infectious diseases had occurred, were disinfected before being
put back into circulation.