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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

Tower Hamlets 1968

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Tower Hamlets, London Borough]

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Table: TABLE 48CLEANSING STATION

TABLE 48

CLEANSING STATION

| Persons treated for scabies:Men107
Women86
School children101
Children under 580
Total374
No. treatments given632
Persons treated for verminous conditions:Men906
Women76
School children401
Children under 573
Total1,456

Table: TABLE 49

TABLE 49

DISINFECTING STATION
Disinfection:
No. of dwellings disinfected for tuberculosis7
No. of dwellings disinfected for other infectious diseases19
No. of dwellings disinfected for other reasons14
No. of rooms involved71
No. of articles disinfected by steam - Export552
Other reasons6,108
No. of articles disinfected by formaldehyde - Export18tons rags.
Other reasons465plus 12 tons rags.
No. of premises other than dwellings, disinfected11
Disinfeftation:
No. of dwellings disinfested for bed bugs -471
- for other vermin421
No. of rooms involved2,415
No. of other premises and sites disinfested273
No. of articles disinfested by steam17,156
No. of articles disinfested by formaldehyde457
Drainage:
No. of premises where drains tested81
No. found defective14