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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 1957

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

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Table: Scabies and Vermin Treatments.

Scabies and Vermin Treatments.

ScabiesVermin
MalesFemalesMalesFemales
Lambeth cases28221569
treatments56431569
Southwark cases3053777345
treatments5386777345
L.C.C. Schoolchildren (Male and Female)801,253
treatments*2551,518
Total treatments4932,724
Bermondsey schoolchildren, treatments (included intotal*)nil215

Table: Verminous Treatments from Hostels, Common Lodging Houses, etc. (Included in above.)

Verminous Treatments from Hostels, Common Lodging Houses, etc. (Included in above.)

Males:Females:
Salvation Army Hostel44783, 3lackfriars Road25
Rowton House, Churchyard Row13578, Camberwell Road7
90, Camberwell Road1
Rowton House, Vauxhall296, Gt. Guildford Street10
Marshalsea Road Common Lodging House36Norwood House3
Southwark casuals110Newington Lodge12
Totals730Casuals4
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