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 —Thurston Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 bolster, 1 mattress
—disinfected.
Feb. 3rd —Oareboro Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 4 pillows, 1 bolster, 2 sheets
—disinfected.
11th—Foxberry Road. Senile Decay. 1 bed, 2 bolsters, 2 blankets—disinfected.
2 palliasses destroyed.
22nd—Rokeby Road. Cnncer. 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 bolster, 2 sheets, 3
blankets, 2 odd articles—disinfected.
Mar. 25th—Gosterwood Street. Cancer. 1 bed, 3 pillows, 3 blankets—disinfected.
April 14th—Stanhope Street. Cancer 1 bed, 2 pillows, 1 blanket, 2 odd
articles—disinfected.
15th—Reginald Road Cancer 1 bed—disinfected.
19th—Pepys Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 1 holster, 4 sheets, 1 blanket, 9 odd
articles—disinfected.
May Ist-Finland Road. Cancer. 1 mattress, 3 pillows, 1 bolster, 3 Sheets,
2 blankets, 1 odd article—disinfected
15th—Casella Road. Cancer 1 bed, 2 blankets—disinfected
July 9th—Finland Road. Cancer. 1 matress, 1 bolster, 2 pillows—disinfected
14th —Wickham Road. Cancer. 1 mattress—Destroyed.
Sept. 13th mattresses, 4 pillows, 1 bolster—disinfected.
Oct. 15th —Pepys Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 3 pillows, 1 bolster—disinfected.
16th—Florence Road. Cancer. 1 bed, 1 pillow, 1 bolster, 3 mattresses, 2
odd articles—disinfected.
Nov. 18th—St. Donatt's Road. Heart Disease. 1 bed, 1 bolster, 1 pillow—disinfected.
Dec. 3rd —Waller Road. Cancer. 3 beds, 2 pillows, 2 bolsters —disinfected.
16th —Etta Street. Cancer. 2 beds, 1 bolster, 1 pillow—disinfected.
Mortuary Report for the year ending 51st December, 1919.
Bodies Received, etc.
Total. | Male. | Female. | Inquests. | Post. mortems. | 1 Under of age. | Unknown. | Deposited to await burial only. | Infectious. | Remarks |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
174 | 108 | 65 | 171 | 116 | 33 | 2 | 2 | 1 | See below |
One case was human skulls found in Amersham Vale and was
buried by the Coroner's order, no inquest being necessary.
20 inquests were held on bodies which were viewed by the Coroner,
witnesses, etc., at the Seamen's Hospital, Miller Hospital, Greenwich
Infirmary, Bermondsey Infirmary, and at Lewisham, and were not
removed to th? Mortuary, the Inquests only being held at the Court.