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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 1943

Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1943

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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 disinfected724256154616310612265
Lots of bedding disinfected455166744171423271581
Total Visits11156246064573668714039

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Number of articles disinfected by steam 15,150
„ „ „ „ „ formalin 1,564
„ „ books disinfected 212
Beds and Mattresses destroyed 101
Miscellaneous goods destroyed 188
T. C. qr. 1b.
Weight of Unsound foods destroyed 10 14 2 9¼
„ „ Old and verminous furniture etc.
destroyed 13 3 0
„ „ dead animals destroyed 2 3 0

Table: CLEANSING STATION.

CLEANSING STATION.

Persons cleansedNumber of attendances
ScabiesVermin
MalesFemalesMalesFemales.
Adults7681,209208
Children3,3283,4653921,358

Table: NUMBER OF BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED 1943.

NUMBER OF BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS PERFORMED 1943.

Swabs for diphtheria1,121
Sputa for tubercle935
Milks40
Faeces for Typhoid Group9
„ „ sonne dysentery265
Urine for Typhoid Group5
Bath waters4
Miscellaneous specimens111
Total2,490

Table: VACCINATION 1943.

VACCINATION 1943.

No. of names received in birth lists1,507
Certificates of Successful Vaccination received631
„ „ Postponement received3
„ „ Insusceptibility received2
Statutory Declarations of Objection received492