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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
Finsbury 1943
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Finsbury Borough]
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ERADICATION OF BUGS:
In the case of 30 Council flats and 116 other houses, bugs wore found and
remedial measures were taken, Arrangements were also made in the case of 7 new entrants
to the Council's flats for routine disinfestation of their furniture by means of cyanide
gas by arrangement with the Islington Borough Council.
CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS:
Tho following is a summary of the cases dealt with in the Health Centre Cleansing Station during the year.
| L.C.C. School-children | Total Number of Treatments for Vermin and Scabies. |
| 4,661 | |
| Patients othor than the above. | 2,460 |
The latter group comprised 157 men, 356 women and 273 children under five
years. The arrangements whereby the London Country Council use the Station during the
mornings only, leaving it free for the Borough Council in the afternoon, was continued
throughout the year.
Theo arrangement with the Shoroditch Borough Council to treat their cases was
also continued, but there was a large reduction in the number of cases referred. Home
visiting of scabies cases and contacts was continued and the Nurse-in-Charge of the
Cleansing Station made 512 home visits during the year.
SHOPS: The number of inspections made under the Shops Act 1934 during 1943 was 131,
RAG FLOCK: The number of samples of Rag Flock taken during the year was 2,
CANAL BOATS: The total number of canal boats inspected during the year was 38, none
of which carried any offensive cargo. Contravention of statutory requirements had
taken place in three instances. There was no discovery or notification of infectiou
disease. The number of children on the boats was 20, of whom 10 were of school age.
AGED AND INFIRM PERSONS: No application for compulsory removal to hospital was made
during the year. Aged persons known to the Department to be living alone are visited
periodically to ensure that institutional treatment or care is obtained if neccessary,
Thereo were at the end of the year 19 persons on the register kept for the purpose, to
whom 141 visits were made.
STREET TRADERS: 96 visits were made to the premises of street traders dealing in
foodstuffs.
COMMON LODGING HOUSES: There is one Common Lodging house in the Borough, situate to at
No, 88, Old Street and the number of visits made by the Sanitary Inspector was 32.