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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
Bethnal Green 1930
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Bethnal Green Borough]
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were visited by the Health Visitors. Seven children
were removed to an Isolation Hospital and recovered.
Three deaths from this disease were recorded during the
year.
Miscellaneous Investigations.
A number of children were visited by the Inspectors
for illnesses reported by the Head Teachers, and suggestive
of one of the notifiable diseases.
DISINFECTION SERVICE.
During the year, 3,246 rooms and 45,572 articles
were disinfected for various reasons, liquid Formalin
in the form of a spray being used for the purpose of
disinfecting rooms.
Two Morris motor vans are used for conveying
articles for disinfection.
The table appended gives full details of the rooms bedding and clothing disinfected.
| Disease | No. of Rooms Disinfected |
|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever | 632 |
| Diphtheria | 479 |
| Smallpox | 1,686 |
| Enteric Fever | 8 |
| Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 58 |
| Measles | 13 |
| Cancer | 8 |
| Scabies | 32 |
| Verminous conditions | 292 |
| Other conditions | 38 |
| 3,246 |
The articles disinfected included 900 articles such
as boots, etc., disinfected in the Formalin Chamber.