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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

Southwark 1950

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table: Infectious Disease Cases Dealt with by The Treatment & Bathing Centre.

Infectious Disease Cases Dealt with by The Treatment & Bathing Centre.

Total—309 as under:
Anthrax2Food Poisoning19
Scarlet Fever157Erysipelas20
Diphtheria10Dysentery54
Enteritis7Smallpox
Poliomyelitis26Meningococcal
Typhoid2infections12
Scarlet Fever cases kept at home: 115

Table: Treatment of Verminous and Infected Articles.

Treatment of Verminous and Infected Articles.

VerminousVerminousInfectedInfected
articlesarticlesarticlesarticles
treateddestroyedtreateddestroyed
Beds16365102
Palliasses46693742
Bolsters9333102
Pillows42697994
Cushions952316-
Blankets1,790181332
Sheets2046472
Quilts1731216-
Pieces36,2829334206

Table: Scabies and Vermin Treatments.

Scabies and Vermin Treatments.

ScabiesVermin
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
Lambeth cases21601582
treatments441291584
South wark cases2866717219
treatments50137717223
L.C.C. Schoolchildren (Male and Female)2942,739
Total treatments6543,778

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Verminous Treatment from Hostels, Common Lodging Houses, etc. (Included in
above.)
Males:
Salvation Army Hostel 174
Rowton House, Churchyard
Row 167
Rowton House, Vauxhall -
Marshalsea Road Common
Lodging House 14
Hungerford Club 4
Southwark casuals 324
Totals 683
Females:
83, Blackfriars Road 28
78, Camberwell Road 9
Cecil House 4
Elizabeth Baxter Hostel
Hungerford Club 3
South wark casuals
44
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