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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

Wandsworth 1910

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Wandsworth, Metropolitan Borough]

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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
should be scrubbed out and all washable articles of furniture
should be washed. The windows of the room should be left
open for one or two days, and as much sunlight as possible
admitted.
"The skin of the child who has been ill should be
thoroughly cleansed by several washings with soap and
warm water.
"P. Caldwell Smith, M.A., M.D., D.P.H., Camb.,
"Medical Officer of Health.
"Public Health Department,
"90, East Hill, Wandsworth, S.VV.
"July, 1910."