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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 1957

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

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Table: HAMPSTEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL CLEANSING CENTRE

HAMPSTEAD BOROUGH COUNCIL CLEANSING CENTRE

Verminous conditionsScabies
CasesTreatmentsCasesTreatments
Adults1821924
Children under 56912
Children over 5----
Contacts--11
L.C.C. School Children3636--

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London County Council (General Powers) Act. 1953
Persons cleansed at home NIL
DISINFECTION AND PISINFESTATION
No. of calls by borough van 4,112
No. of articles passed through steam chamber 3,393
No. of rooms disinfested after vermin 157
No. of rooms disinfected after infectious disease 188
No. of rooms cleansed after death or removal 31
Parcels of clothes for despatch abroad 132

Table: PUBLIC MORTUARY. NEW END

PUBLIC MORTUARY. NEW END

Bodies admitted by order of:-
Coroner181
Ambulance28
Police5
Marie Curie Hospital9
New End Hospital2225

Table: Causes of death

Causes of death

Natural Causes•••180
Suicides:-
Coal Gas Poisoning12
Hanging1
Drugs6
Fallsl
Knife Wounds1
Railwayl22
Accidental:-
Falls4
Road Accidents1014
Post Operative3
Foetus3
Bodies brought for accommodation2
Post Natal1225
No. of post mortem examinations carried out•••223