London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
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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
Fulham 1933
[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 |