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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 1944

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

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Table: TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY Cases on Dispensary Register 31/12/44 447

TUBERCULOSIS DISPENSARY Cases on Dispensary Register 31/12/44 447

Consultations between Practitioners and Tuberculosis Officer.312Number of contacts examined1,137
Visits of Tuberculosis Officer to homes205Total attendances of patients and contacts at Dispensary1,982
Visits of Tuberculosis Health Visitors to homes -
(To Dispensary cases3,384X-ray examinations made in connection with Dispensary cases581
(To other cases1,362Total specimens of sputum examined at Dispensary585

Table: TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE

TUBERCULOSIS CARE COMMITTEE

Recommendations,for institutional treatment,to Care Committee.156
Visits paid by Secretary741
Interviews716
Cases dealt with by Care Committee720
Sums raised by Christmas Seals (1944) £128.4.11d. Expenses£4.15. 8d.

Table: SANITARY INSPECTION

SANITARY INSPECTION

Total primary inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors5,920
Total re-inspections made by Sanitary Inspectors15,257
Total number of Intimation Notices served759
Total number of Statutory Notices served240
Cases in which legal proceedings were instituted to enforce compliance with Notices4

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HOUSING
During the year 1944, Deptford suffered severely from fly-bomb
activity, slowing up the repair work to houses damaged by earlier raids
and in many instances nullifying the work already done.
By December 1944, some 900 premises had been requisitioned
for rehousing bombed-out families. Many such premises were in various
stages of disrepair, forming the subject of frequent complaint and
necessitating numerous visits by the Sanitary Inspectors in an endeavour
to secure the abatement of the more clamant nuisances.
500 Hutments and 300 Emergency Factory made Houses were
applied for.
During the year, one dwelling house was represented as unfit
for human habitation.
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