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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 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham Borough]
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| Article | Total samples examined | Number adulterated | Remarks. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Formal | Informal | |||
| Saccharine | 24 | 1 | 1 | Half strength tablets labelled standard strength. |
| Vinegar | 5 | 1 | – | Consisted of nonbrewed vinegar. |
| Non-brewed vinegar | 9 | 2 | – | (i) 29% deficient in acetic acid. (ii) 8.5% do. |
| Lime water | 2 | 1 | – | Contained no sugar, preserved with SO2 |
| Rheumatism tablets | 1 | – | 1 | Misleading label, contravenes the Pharmacy & Medicines Act. |
| Sulphur and orange tablets | 4 | 1 | 1 | No orange flavour & deficient in citric acid. |
| lodine | 2 | – | 2 | (i) Contained 4.15% iodine. (ii) 3.2% deficient in iodine. |
PREVALENCE AND CONTROL OVER INFECTIOUS
AND OTHER DISEASES.
Notifiable Diseases. Table 2 at the end of this Report gives
particulars of the cases notified. The number of cases of diphtheria
decreased from 55 to 45 those of scarlet fever increased from 208 to
4-25. There were 1028 cases of measles notified compared with 845 the
previous year.
Diphtheria Immunisation. The number of sessions held was 174 and
1991 new cases attended, a total of 11,318 attendances being made by
new and old cases. By the end of the year 11,743 children had been
immunised since the beginning of the campaign in 1934.
Cancer. The percentage of deaths from this cause was 13.7. The
age of distribution at death is shown in Table 1 at the end of this
report.
Tuberculosis. The death rate from this cause was 0.95 (pulmonary 0.86
and non-pulmonary 6.07) The following is the information
required by the Ministry of Health.