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