Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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Disinfection.
The following rooms were disinfected and cleansed after infectious disease, etc:—
Scarlet Fever | 735 |
Diphtheria | 169 |
Phthisis | 219 |
Erysipelas | 71 |
Scabies | 49 |
Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 7 |
Whooping cough | 2 |
Cancer | 25 |
Pneumonia | 1 |
Measles | 10 |
Puerperal Fever | 6 |
Puerperal Pyrexia | 7 |
Polio-Encephalitis | 1 |
Paratyphoid | 3 |
Influenza | 2 |
Enteritis | 1 |
Rooms fumigated for vermin | 272 |
Rooms sprayed | 89 |
Rooms fumigated by request | 60 |
1,729 |