Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough]
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Rooms and Articles Disinfected, Year 1937.
Diseases, etc. | Premises Entered | Rooms | Beds | Palliasses | Mattresses | Bolsters | Pillows | Blankets | Sheets | Cushions | Quilts | Odd Articles | Total No. Articles Disinfected |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 147 | 211 | 64 | - | 86 | 72 | 242 | 274 | 197 | 16 | 187 | 592 | 1,730 |
Diphtheria | 280 | 413 | 143 | - | 156 | 138 | 454 | 575 | 372 | 62 | 346 | 1,091 | 3,337 |
Tuberculosis | 114 | 170 | 33 | — | 56 | 56 | 152 | 153 | 100 | 39 | 64 | 152 | 805 |
Cancer | 27 | 28 | 8 | — | 13 | 12 | 68 | 16 | 7 | 8 | 7 | 45 | 184 |
Puerperal Fever and | 3 | 3 | — | — | 2 | 3 | 13 | 9 | 4 | 2 | 6 | 28 | 67 |
Pyrexia | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 11 |
Enteric Fever | 3 | 4 | — | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | 12 | 3 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 47 |
Para-Typhoid Fever | 7 | 6 | 4 | — | 4 | 5 | 17 | 24 | 11 | 1 | 5 | 26 | 97 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 2 | 2 | 3 | — | _ | 1 | 5 | 3 | 4 | 1 | 6 | 6 | 29 |
Erysipelas | 4 | 5 | 2 | — | 3 | 4 | 8 | 8 | 6 | 1 | 9 | 14 | 55 |
Chickenpox | 1 | 2 | — | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
Scabies | 19 | 31 | 16 | — | 20 | 14 | 38 | 64 | 30 | 5 | 30 | 63 | 280 |
Other Diseases | 81 | 89 | 12 | — | 68 | 16 | 172 | 147 | 25 | 58 | 19 | 169 | 686 |
Verminous Premises | 48 | 64 | 42 | — | 38 | 26 | 64 | 93 | 14 | 12 | 16 | 28 | 333 |
Verminous (Housing G.B.C.) | 80 | — | 157 | 2 | 148 | 135 | 254 | 121 | 60 | 1 | 72 | 8 | 948 |
Verminous (Housing L.C.C.) | 9 | 15 | 13 | — | 12 | 12 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 2 | 6 | — | 75 |
Total | 826 | 1,044 | 497 | 2 | 611 | 498 | 1,521 | 1,512 | 829 | 214 | 781 | 2,232 | 8,697 |