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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
Poplar 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Poplar, Metropolitan Borough]
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INFLUENZA.
Leaflets upon Influenza were circulated through the Maternity and
Child Welfare Centres and by the Health Visitors and Sanitary Inspectors.
These leaflets were also distributed through all the schools in the
Borough by permission of the London County Council.
| Poplar. | Bow and Bromley. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|
*Does not include premises disinfected on account of Smallpox (137).
Number of Verminous Rooms sprayed with Solution "D" 173.
Articles Disinfected.
Smallpox
.
Other
Infectious
Diseases.
Tuberculosis
Verminous.
Miscellaneous.
Totals.
(а) From Infected
mises 7,121 13,952 305 294 687 22,359
(b) From Cleansing
Station — — 28 2,755 4,537 7,320
(c) From Contacts 13,824 43 — — — 13,867
(d) ,, Shelter 7,965 — — — — 7,965
Totals 28,910 13,995 333 3,049 5,224 51,511
Articles destroyed—By request, 308.
Vermicide—Quantity issued from Depots, 305 gallons.
| Poplar. | Stepney, etc. | Totals. | ||||
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| M. | F. | M. | F. | M. | F. | |
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Number of children treated with special comb:—Boys, 18; Girls, 280.