[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Greenwich Borough] page 69

Greenwich 1949

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

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Rooms and Articles Disinfected, Year ended December, 1949

Diseases, etc.	Premises Entered	Rooms	Beds	Mattresses	Bolsters	Pillows	Sheets	Blankets	Eiderdowns	Cushions	Quilts	Odd Articles	Wearing Apparel	Rugs and Mats	Covers	Total No. of Articles Disinfected
Scarlet Fever	121	180	55	108	70	250	242	337	53	26	71	342	407	17	80	2,058
Diphtheria	12	19	6	11	8	22	28	30	3	4	8	21	37	9	5	192
Tuberculosis	88	171	28	58	40	156	114	191	32	28	27	246	218	6	30	1,174
Cancer	26	41	12	17	18	67	50	58	10	16	12	62	36	2	14	374
Cerebro-Spinal Fever	10	12	4	8	6	23	21	28	3	1	4	21	44	—	7	170
Puerperal Fever	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Typhoid Fever	3	4	1	4	1	5	6	11	—	1	2	2	14	8	1	56
Polio-Myelitis	9	17	5	9	7	21	18	22	3	3	5	17	27	1	6	144
Erysipelas	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Whooping Cough	1	2	1	2	—	3	4	4	—	—	1	—	—	1	2	18
Measles	8	18	—	16	1	20	13	36	—	—	2	17	18	—	1	124
Scabies	3	4	—	7	2	7	28	18	1	—	7	153	8	—	2	233
Other Diseases	61	75	19	88	20	133	36	374*	7	15	12	69	3,401†	—	10	4,184
Verminous Premises	29	—	16	47	24	77	54	112	12	15	28	62	91	2	26	566
Day time Nurseries	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—	—
Totat.	371	543	147	375	197	784	614	1,221	124	109	179	1,012	4,301	46	184	9,293
Articles destroyed	—	—	19	32	6	31	11	17	3	5	—	103	23	—	5	255

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Notes:— * 200 disinfected on behalf of a firm for exportation.
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