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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

Deptford 1937

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Deptford Borough]

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78
Bathing Station.
During the year the work of erecting a Bathing Station, the plans
of which had been approved by the Council in 1936, was concluded
and the Station was formally opened on the 5th July by the Chairman of
the Public Health and Housing Committee, Councillor E. C. Sherwood.
The Bathing Station which is admirably equipped, is proving of the
greatest service.
Disinfectants.
No routine supply of disinfectants for general purposes is made but,
in the case of tuberculosis and other infectious diseases, a liquid
preparation, having a guaranteed Rideal-Walker co-efficient of 18-20,
is supplied upon request. The precautions prescribed in respect of
blue fluted bottles and labelling are observed.
III. OTHER DISEASES.

Table: Cancer. The incidence of Cancer is so intimately bound up with the sex and age distribution of the population that only a very general inference can be drawn from the following figures:-

Cancer. The incidence of Cancer is so intimately bound up with the sex and age distribution of the population that only a very general inference can be drawn from the following figures:-

YearNo. of Deaths.Percentage of total Deaths.Rate per 1,000 population.
Average 1915-19241338·51·2
1925-192915911·61·4
1930-193415912·41·5
193516715·11·7
193617614·61·8
193716214·21·7