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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 1944
Report on the sanitary condition of the Borough of Bermondsey for the year 1944
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II.-INFECTIOUS DISEASES.
The following diseases are notifiable: —
Anthrax
Acute Polioencephalitis
Acute Poliomyelitis
Acute Primary Pneumonia
Acute Influenzal Pneumonia
Cholera
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis
Continued Fever
Diphtheria
Dysentery
Enteric Fever and Typhoid
Encephalitis Lethargica
Fever
Erysipelas
Glanders
Hydrophobia in Man
Malaria
Measles
Membranous Croup
Ophthalmia Neonatorum
Plague
Puerperal Pyrexia
Puerperal Fever
Scarlet Fever and Scarlatina
Relapsing Fever
*Scabies
Small-pox
Typhus
Tuberculosis—all forms
Whooping Cough
* A notification is not required where, to the knowledge of the medical
practitioner, a case of scabies has occurred in the house and has been notified
within the four weeks immediately preceeding the date on which he first became
aware of the disease in the case he is attending.
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION.
DIPHTHERIA PREVENTION. The appended table shows the attendances at the Schick Clinics during the year.
| Clinic | No. of Sessions | No. of New Patients | Total Attendances |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public Health Centre, Grange Road | 103 | 343 | 1,209 |
| L.C.C. Schools | 17 | 80 | 223 |
| Totals | 120 | 423 | 1,432 |