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Southwark 1945
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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treatment and bathing station king james street. annual report for year ending 29th december 1945.
| treatment of scabies. | lambeth. | southwark. | total. | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| men. | women. | men | women. | |||||||
| 1st: Quarter. | 177 | 695 | 217 | 618 | 1707 | |||||
| 2nd: quarter | 131 | 509 | 150 | 505 | 1295 | |||||
| 3rd. quarter . | 124 | 478 | 137 | 493 | 1232 | |||||
| 4th. quarter . | 162 | 513 | 165 | 663 | 1503 | |||||
| totals. | 594 | 2195 | 669 | 2279 | 5737 | |||||
| number of actual cases . | men. | women. | total. | |||||||
| lambeth residents. | 321 | 1196 | 1517 | |||||||
| south wark residents. | 345 | 1098 | 1443 | |||||||
| TOTALS. | 666 | 2294 | 2960 | |||||||
| l.c.c. school children. | ||||||||||
| 1st. quarter. | 849 | 2nd: quarter. | 697 | |||||||
| 3rd. quarter. | 647 | 4th. QUARTER . | 1532 | |||||||
| total. | 3725. | |||||||||
| treatment of verminous persons. | lambeth. | southwark. | total. | |||||||
| men. | women. | MEN. | women . | |||||||
| 1st. quarter. | 24 | 36 | 156 | 41 | 257 | |||||
| 2nd. quarter. | 17 | 26 | 137 | 46 | 226 | |||||
| 3rd. QUARTER. | 16 | 39 | 130 | 76 | 261 | |||||
| 4th. quarter. | 2 | 38 | 112 | 55 | 207 | |||||
| TOTALS. | 59 | 139 | 535 | 218 | 951 | |||||
| number OF actual cases. | 53 | 124 | 535 | 210 | 922 | |||||
| L.C.C. SCHOOL CHILDREN VERMINOUS. | ||||||||||
| 1st. QUARTER. | 528 | 2nd. QUARTER. | 502 | |||||||
| 3rd . QUARTER . | 426 | 4 th. QUARTER . | 519 | |||||||
| total. | 1975 | |||||||||
| SUMMARY OF TREATMENTS. | SCABIES | VERMINOUS. | TOTAL. | |||||||
| MEN. (Lambeth & Southwark). | 1263 | 594 | 1857 | |||||||
| WOMEN. do. | 4474 | 357 | 4831 | |||||||
| l.c.c. school children. | 3725 | 1975 | 5700 | |||||||
| TOTALS. | 9462 | 2926 | 12388 | |||||||
| TREATMENT OF VERMINOUS BEDDING & EFFECTS. | ||||||||||
| QUARTER . | bed. | PALL. | BOLS . | PILL. | CUSH. | blankts. | sheets. | QUILTS | pieces. | |
| 1st. | 98 | 500 | 30 | 591 | 75 | 2567 | 48 | 60 | 22218 | |
| 2nd. | 31 | 572 | 12 | 197 | 12 | 1097 | 20 | 20 | 17534 | |
| 3rd. | 15 | 33 | 5 | 44 | 7 | 1963 | 18 | 9 | 15745 | |
| 4th. | 11 | 86 | 15 | 79 | 6 | 65 | 4 | 19813 | ||
| totals. | 1191 | 62 | 911 | 100 | 5692 | 93 | 75310 | |||
| destroyed | 17 | 11 | 5 | 14 | 3 | 2 | - | - | 131 | |
| 4 Rugs & 10 cwts of household effects. | ||||||||||
| TREATMENT OF INFECTIOUS BEDDING & EFFECTS . | ||||||||||
| 1st. | 14 | 33 | 4 | 58 | 4 | 118 | 19 | 14 | 116 | |
| 2nd. | 13 | 35 | 9 | 79 | 13 | 82 | 32 | 27 | 66 | |
| 5rd. | 16 | 31 | 11 | 65 | 6 | 81 | 31 | 27 | 103 | |
| 4 th. | 8 | 12 | 4 | 60 | - | 75 | 38 | 30 | 47 | |
| totals. | 51 | 111 | 28 | 262 | 23 | 356 | 120 | 98 | 332 | |
| destroyed | 1 | 1 | Public Library Books Disinfected 100 | |||||||
TREATMENT OF VERMINOUS rooms.
Sulphured & Sealed 10
Sprayed with Insecticide 930 Total Rooms treated 940
L.C.C. PREMISES FOUND TO BE VERMINOUS 4 ROOMS TREATED 5
SOUTHWARK COUNCIL ESTATE FOUND VERMINOUS 5 ROOMS TREATED 7
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