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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 1955

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

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INFECTIVE DISEASES
19
These outbreaks involved a total of 444 persons, 369 of whom
constituted one of the hospital outbreaks. The remaining three
involved respectively 38, 18 and 19 persons.
From bacteriological investigation of a number of those affected,
it appeared that the major and two of the minor outbreaks were due
to heat resistant Clostridium welchii and the remaining one to
Salmonella typhimurium.
Full reports on the major outbreaks were submitted to the
Ministry of Health in accordance with Circ. 46/49 and revised
Memo. 188/Med.

Table: Diseases Reported from Schools

Diseases Reported from Schools

A total of 3,366 infective diseases was reported from schools in the Borough throughout the year. The numbers of each disease were:
Scarlet Fever152Chicken Pox853
Diphtheria—Whooping Cough210
Measles1,833Mumps169
German Measles34Dysentery17
Poliomyelitis20Other Diseases77

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Disinfection
During the year 772 rooms were disinfected after infectious and
other disease and 522 rooms disinfected for vermin.
Bacteriological Examinations
All bacteriological examinations are carried out at the Public
Health Laboratory at County Hall under its Director, Dr. A. J. H.
Tomlinson.
The following is a summary of examinations made during the
year:
Nose and throat swabs 880
Faeces for the typhoid and dysentery groups 1,076
Miscellaneous specimens 34
Total 1,990