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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
Holborn 1931
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Holborn Borough]
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One hundred and seventy-eight verminous rooms were disinfested by the
Council's staff.
When fumigating verminous rooms we endeavour, whenever practicable, to
repeat the fumigation at the end of a week, by which time it is expected that any
eggs of bugs will have hatched out; a single fumigation of any severely infested
room cannot be regarded as satisfactory. In 93 cases last year this second fumigation
was carried out. Where this course for any reason was impracticable the
occupiers were encouraged to use the solution referred to above or take other
effective steps to prevent any recurrence of the nuisance.
| Age periods. | New Cases. | Death | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | Pulmonary. | Non-pulmonary. | |||||
| M | F | M | F | M | F | M | F | |
| 0 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| 1 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | |
| 5 | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| 10 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| 15 | 2 | 5 | 1 | — | 1 | 1 | 3 | 1 |
| 20 | 9 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — |
| 25 | 16 | 5 | — | 1 | 4 | — | — | — |
| 35 | 8 | 5 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — |
| 4 | 9 | 2 | — | — | 6 | 4 | — | — |
| 65 | 8 | 1 | — | — | 7 | 3 | — | — |
| 65 | 3 | 1 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | 1 |
| 58 | 22 | 4 | 4 | 21 | 11 | 3 | 3 | |