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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

Lewisham 1945

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

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Section "F" (Continued)
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION
Number of Rooms Disinfected 1731
Number of articles treated at the Council's
Disinfecting Station 34639
Number of Verminous Children treated at the
Council's Cleansing Station 2000
Number of Verminous Adults treated 142
Number of Treatments given for Scabies at the
Cleansing Station: Adults 2898
Children 3625
ASSISTANCE TO HOUSEHOLDERS IN THE EVENT OF AN EPIDEMIC
A comprehensive scheme was prepared in accordance with
Ministry of Health Circular 196/45 for the provision of medical
and nursing care and also domestic help to householders if an
epidemic such as Influenza occurred. Fortunately circumstances
did not arise to require the scheme to be put into operation.
TUBERCULOSIS

Table: The number of new cases notified during the year 1945 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) were as follows:-

The number of new cases notified during the year 1945 and the number of deaths (together with comparative figures for the previous year) were as follows:-

NEW CASES NOTIFIEDDEATHS
1944194519441945
Pulmonary320307129122
Non-pulmonary70641716
TOTALS390371146138

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The age distribution of the New Cases of Tuberculosis
notified and the Deaths from Tuberculosis during the year are
shown in the following table:-