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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

Greenwich 1934

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

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Table: Rooms and Articles Disinfected, Year 1934.

Rooms and Articles Disinfected, Year 1934.

Diseases, etc.Premises EnteredRoomsBedsPalliassesMattressesBolstersPillowsBlanketsSheetsCushionsQuiltsOdd ArticlesTotal No. Articles Disinfected
Scarlet Fever590685322—2623211,0021,165795577727725,468
Diphtheria386499207—168192630755471294841,5704,506
Small—pox131—21433—31633
Tuberculosis799811—9847161188242360
Cancer252515—91344241381630172
Measles2558——_9—131810—651107
Cerebro—Spinal Fever22__1—22——128
Puerperal Fever451—221112—11030
Erysipelas43——1114——21625
Chickenpox331————1————2
Enteric Fever131———23——1411
Scabies768—78142211—1676162
Polio Meningitis12_—_1_111_11015
Other Diseases627013_654151182271194385
Verminous Premises485041—4813531137111279377
Verminous (Housing G.B.C.)79—116—14011171576172331
Verminous (Housing L.C.C.)24—4810'31361189137949353782
Total1,3411,512785107556102,1102,2521,3901351,4003,32712,774