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Camberwell 1938
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell.
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Disinfection. The following is a summary of the work carried out by the disinfecting staff during 1938.
| Notified Infectious diseases. | Other diseases. | Miscellaneous. | Vermin. | Total. All cases. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Borough Council houses. | L.C.C. flats. | Other houses. | |||||
| Houses visited | 1,464 | 492 | 546 | 10 | 8 | 972 | 3,492 |
| Rooms disinfected | 1,946 | 401 | – | 20 | 5 | 1,464 | 3,836 |
| Lots of bedding disinfected | 1,355 | 217 | 11 | 10 | 10 | 276 | 1,879 |
| Beds and mattresses destroyed | 51 | 85 | 429 | – | – | 207 | 772 |
| Miscellaneous foods destroyed | 115 | 396 | 297 | – | – | 382 | 1,190 |
TUBERCULOSIS.
Public Health (Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations,
1925.
These regulations relate to the prevention of tuberculous
persons engaging in the production and handling of milk.
No occasion arose in 1938, for any action to be taken by this
authority under these regulations.
New Cases and Mortality during 1938.
Particulars of all new cases of Tuberculosis and of deaths from
the disease in the Borough are given in the following table, as
requested by the Ministry of Health.
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