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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
City of Westminster 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Westminster, City of]
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| Small Fox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria, | Enteric Fever. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| St. Anne's National School | - | 11 | 2 | - |
| St. Barnabas's School, Pimlico Road | - | 2 | 2 | - |
| St. Clement Danes School | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| St. Edward's | - | - | 1 | - |
| St. Gabriel's School, Glasgow Terrace | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| St. George's Higher Grade School, South Street, Park Lane | - | 3 | 15 | - |
| St. James-the-Less School, Upper Garden Street | - | 5 | - | - |
| St. John's School, Tufton Street | - | 3 | 2 | 1 |
| St. Margaret's | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| St. Martin's Northern School, Castle Street | - | 3 | - | 1 |
| St. Mary's, Hide Place | - | 4 | 1 | - |
| St. Mary's, Great Peter Street | - | 3 | 1 | - |
| St. Matthew's, Great Peter Street | - | 11 | 2 | 1 |
| St. Michael's, Buckinghom Palace Road | - | 4 | - | - |
| St. Patrick's, Great Chapel Street | - | 2 | - | 1 |
| St. Paul's | - | 2 | 1 | - |
| St. Peter's, Lower Belgrave Street | - | 4 | 3 | - |
| St. Peter's and St. James's, Great Windmill Street | - | 7 | 2 | - |
| St. Stephen's, Rochester Row | - | 5 | - | - |
| Pimlico Rooms | - | 4 | - | - |
Bacteriological Laboratory.
During the year examinations have been made at the Lister
Institute in 47 suspected cases of diphtheria, 17 of typhoid fever, and
11 of pulmonary consumption, 75 in all. at a cost of £11 7s. 3d. The
hospitals conduct their own bacteriological examinations.
Disinfection.
During 1904, 935 rooms in 581 houses were disinfected by the Staff
of the Department, and 29,107 articles were subjected to steam disinfection
in the City Disinfecting Stations. In addition, a number of
rooms and their contents were disinfected to the satisfaction of medical
men by private firms. Fifty-two articles were destroyed by fire at the
request of the owners. 3s. 1d. was paid in respect of articles destroyed.
Disinfection was carried out after all cases of the notifiable diseases,
except as regards erysipelas (in which disinfection was only performed
when the circumstances of the case required it), and also after 23 cases
of measles, 3 German measles, 8 chicken-pox, 1 whooping cough, 5
cancer, .3 influenza, and 31 phthisis. Ten books were disinfected;
hooks belonging to the public libraries are as a rule treated by the
librarians, a copy of each certificate of. infectious disease being sent to
each.