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Camberwell 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.

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Diabetes.
During the year the Council obtained Ministry of Health
sanction to supply Insulin for a period of twelve months to the
poorer inhabitants of the Borough suffering from diabetes.
Medical Practitioners undertaking the treatment are required
to furnish a quarterly report to the Medical Officer of Health for
submission to the Ministry of Health stating:—
(i) The name, age and address of the patient.
(ii) The number of doses of insulin administered.
(iii) Whether any tests were made of the urine or of the blood
of the patient, and if so by whom and with what results.
(iv) A report on the progress of the patient.
Supplies of Insulin were issued to 9 patients during the year.
Disinfection.
Disinfection of bedding and clothing is carried out at the
disinfecting station in Peckham Park Road, by means of a Manlove
Alliott super-heated steam disinfecting machine and an Equifex
saturated steam disinfecting machine. Books, furs, leather goods,
etc., are disinfected in a formalin chamber. Infectious rooms are
sprayed with formalin solution, and verminous rooms are similarly
treated with an insecticide fluid after the walls have been stripped.

The following is a summary of work carried out by the disinfecting staff during 1935. DISINFECTING DEPARTMENT. Return of Work, 1935.

Number of houses visited following infectious Disease1,396
Number of visits to these premises2,942
Number of houses visited following other diseases239
Number of visits to these premises579
Number of houses visited for miscellaneous purposes626
Number of visits to these premises777
Number of rooms disinfected. Infectious Disease2,039
Number of houses visited. Verminous969
Number of rooms disinfected. Verminous1,260
Number of articles disinfected (steam disinfected)59,060
Number of articles disinfected (formalin)1,997
Number of books disinfected737
Number of articles destroyed2,786
Weight of furniture, etc., destroyed5 tons 16 cwt.
Weight of unsound foods destroyed (see Food Inspector's report)8 tons, 9 cwts., 3 qrs., 27 lbs.
Weight of dead animals destroyed5¼ cwt.

Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.
These Regulations confer powers upon local authorities which
enable them to prevent persons suffering from pulmonary tuberculosis
from entering the milk trade and to require persons to