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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

Camberwell 1942

Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1942

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Table: DISINFECTING STATION – RETURN OF WORK.

DISINFECTING STATION – RETURN OF WORK.

Notified Infectious DiseasesOther DiseasesMiscellaneousA. R. P. Disinfecting and washingScabiesVerminTotal all cases.
Rooms disinfected593240181671710522636
Lots of bedding disinfected3711482033114732821788
Total Visits88360556161816869975350

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Number of articles disinfected by steam 83,973
„ „ „ „ „ formalin 5,346
„ „ books disinfected 154
Beds and Mattresses destroyed 163
Miscellaneous goods destroyed 232
T. C. qr. 1b.
Weight of Unsound foods destroyed 21 2 2 2½
„ „ Old and verminous furniture etc.
destroyed 3 7 0 0¼
„ „ dead animals destroyed 1 3 0

Table: CLEANSING STATION.

CLEANSING STATION.

Persons cleansedNumber of attendances
ScabiesVermin
MalesFemalesMalesFemales.
Adults6338901712
Children5,1965,4595731,473

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NUMBER OF BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED 1942.
Swabs for diphtheria 871
Sputa for tubercle 596
Milks 42
Bath waters 4
Miscellaneous specimens 42
Total 1,555
VACCINATION 1942.
No. of names received in birth lists 1,365
Certificates of Successful Vaccination received 939
" " Postponement received 12
„ „ Insusceptibility received 3
Statutory Declarations of Objection received 446