London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
St Pancras 1944
Annual report (abridged) on the Health of the Borough for the year 1944
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Disinfection and Dlslnfestatlon
The number of articles dealt with or destroyed at
Camley Street on account of verminous conditions and
infectious diseases were -
Destroyed 182
Disinfected or
Dislnfested 13,131 of which 2,478 were A.R.P.
Figures set out below show the number of Houses, Rooms, &c. dealt with after infectious diseases or following complaints of vermin -
| Number of cases | Number of 1 houses | No. of rooms 'sprayed or fumigated | A. R. P. premises sprayed or fumigated | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-spinal meningitis | 11 | 11 | 15 | - |
| Diphtheria | 53 | 53 | 41 | 2 |
| Dysentery | 33 | 33 | 29 | 1 |
| Enteric fever | - | - | - | - |
| Erysipelas | 52 | 51 | 49 | |
| Measles | 34 | 11 | 15 | 3 |
| Pneumonia | 3 | - | - | - |
| Polio-myelitis | - | — | - | - |
| Puerperal fever | 8 | 8 | 8 | |
| Puerperal pyrexia | - | - | - | - |
| Scabies | 64 | 28 | 2 | 1 |
| Scarlet fever | 314 | 186 | 169 | 3 |
| Tuberculosis | 101 | 95 | 92 | - |
| Vermin | 484 | 297 | 518 | 14 |
| Other diseases | 151 | 28 | 63 | 4 |