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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
Hampstead 1944
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough]
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Scabies:
Adults 189
Children under 5 13
over 5 60
Two hundred and twenty-four adults and 84 children received
treatment at the Cleansing Station during 1944. In addition 76 Hampstead
school children received treatment at Cleansing Stations outside
the Borough.
During the year, 216 verminous rooms in 183 houses and 300 sets
of beds and bedding were cleansed and freed from vermin.
One hundred and fifty-nine cases of scabies were notified during the
year. These were investigated by the Health Visitors, and, where
necessary, treatment arranged at the Public Health Station. Close
contacts of patients are followed up and instructed to attend a special
Scabies Clinic for examination and, if necessary, subsequent treatment.
This clinic is held weekly.
Notices under the Scabies Order were served where difficulty arose in
obtaining the attendance of contacts, but in no case were legal proceedings
required to be taken.
| Notifications | Removals to Hospitals | Deaths | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Cerebro-Spinal Fever | 3 | 2 | _ |
| Diphtheria | 14 | 14 | 1 |
| Dysentery | 15 | 3 | _ |
| Erysipelas | 13 | 5 | _ |
| Malaria— Contracted abroad | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Induced in institutions | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Measles | 178 | 59 | _ |
| Ophthalmia Neonatorum | 5 | 2 | _ |
| Paratyphoid Fever | 2 | 1 | _ |
| Pneumonia | 62 | 36 | 10 |
| Polioencephalitis | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Puerperal Fever | 4 | 4 | _ |
| Puerperal Pyrexia | 26 | 24 | _ |
| Scabies | 159 | _ | _ |
| Scarlet Fever | 83 | 73 | _ |
| Typhoid Fever | 1 | 1 | _ |
| Whooping Cough | 82 | 37 | _ |
| Total | 651 | 265 | 11 |
Cancelled cases have not been included.
Diphtheria Immunisation.
Free immunisation against diphtheria may be obtained:—
(a) At Borough Council clinics held weekly at No. 241, Haverstock
Hill, N.W.3 (Wednesdays, 2 to 4 p.m.), and No. 60, West
End Lane, N.W.6 (Fridays, 2 to 4 p.m.).