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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Diseases, etc. | Premises Entered | Rooms | Beds | Palliasses | Mattresses | Bolsters | Pillows | Blankets | Sheets | Cushions | Quilts | Odd Articles | Total No.ArticlesDisinfected |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Scarlet Fever | 151 | 214 | 77 | – | 94 | 64 | 239 | 337 | 200 | 19 | 181 | 494 | 1,705 |
Diphtheria | 229 | 350 | 122 | – | 125 | 107 | 382 | 481 | 300 | 27 | 284 | 742 | 2,570 |
Tuberculosis | 99 | 171 | 39 | – | 51 | 48 | 124 | 129 | 88 | 26 | 56 | 50 | 611 |
Cancer | 26 | 35 | 4 | – | 14 | 9 | 38 | 29 | 6 | 18 | 13 | 33 | 164 |
Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 1 | 2 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 1 | 4 | 15 |
Puerperal Fever | 2 | 3 | 2 | – | 2 | 1 | 5 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 3 | 1 | 26 |
Typhoid Fever | 3 | 4 | 1 | – | 1 | 2 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 1 | 4 | 28 | 55 |
Polio-Myelitis | 4 | 4 | 4 | – | 1 | 3 | 10 | 7 | 6 | – | 7 | 9 | 47 |
Erysipelas | 6 | 8 | 2 | – | 4 | 3 | 13 | 7 | 6 | – | 6 | 7 | 47 |
Impetigo | 1 | 5 | 1 | – | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 2 | – | 1 | 5 | 15 |
Measles | 15 | 23 | 5 | – | 8 | 7 | 24 | 28 | 17 | 4 | 9 | 23 | 125 |
Scabies | 21 | 42 | 25 | 2 | 21 | 17 | 57 | 72 | 33 | 10 | 44 | 66 | 347 |
Other Diseases | 112 | 162 | 28 | 2 | 86 | 20 | 328 | 326 | 24 | 69 | 56 | 803 | 1,742 |
Verminous Premises | 36 | 77 | 11 | – | 28 | 6 | 43 | 98 | 34 | 1 | 4 | – | 225 |
Verminous (Housing G.B.C.) | 68 | - | 110 | 6 | 135 | 136 | 223 | 173 | 68 | 17 | 56 | 24 | 948 |
Verminous (Housing L.C.C.) | 8 | 18 | 17 | – | 19 | 17 | 36 | 39 | 25 | 2 | 18 | 4 | 177 |
Total | 782 | 1,118 | 449 | 10 | 591 | 442 | 1,533 | 1,743 | 821 | 195 | 742 | 2,293 | 8,819 |