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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

Hammersmith 1938

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

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109
CLEANSING OF VERMINOUS PERSONS.
The Medicinal Baths in Scotts Boad, Shepherd's Bush,
provide for the treatment of cases of Scabies, Impetigo and
the cleansing of verminous persons, &c.
I append figures showing the numbers dealt with during
the year.

Table: School Children—Hammersmith.

School Children—Hammersmith.

Scabies484
Verminous2,190
Impetigo283
School Children—Non-Hammersmith.
Scabies3
Verminous138
Impetigo3
Children under Five Years—Hammersmith.
Scabies51
Verminous5
ImpetigoI
Children under Five Years—Non-Hammersmith.
Nil
Adults—Hammersmith.
Scabies219
Verminous45
Other Conditions2
Adults—Non-Hammersmith.
Scabies3
Common Lodging-houses.
Verminous89
Scabies3
School Children—Non-Hammersmith—Outside London.
Scabies2
Verminous2

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The County Council pay the sum of two shillings in
respect of each child cleansed, except in cases of scabies