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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
London County Council 1910
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London County Council]
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Report of the Medical Officer of Health.
The following figures, which are mainly taken from the annual reports, show the extent to which the existing shelters were used during the year 1910:—
| Metropolitan borough. | No. of persons accommodated. | Metropolitan borough. | No. of persons accommodated. |
|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | 8 | Kensington | (a) |
| Battersea | 17 | Lambeth | - |
| Bermondsey | 18 | Lewisham | - |
| Bethnal Green | 8 | Paddington | (a) |
| Camberwell | - | Poplar | - |
| Chelsea | 43 | St. Marylebone | 14 |
| Deptford | 4 | St. Pancras | 26 |
| Finsbury | 5 | Shoreditch | 7 |
| Fulham | - | Southwark | 665 |
| Greenwich | - | Stepney | 51 |
| Hackney | 34 | Stoke Newington | - |
| Hammersmith | (a) | Wandsworth | - |
| Hampstead | - | Westminster, City of | 1 |
| Holborn | 16a | Woolwich | - |
| Islington | 14 |
The number of bodies received into the mortuaries of the metropolitan borough councils during the year is shown in the following table:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Total number of bodies received into mortuary. | Number of infectious bodies received into mortuary. | Metropolitan borough. | Total number of bodies received into mortuary. | Number of infectious bodies received into mortuary. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| City of London | 180 | Kensington | 289 | 1 | |
| Battersea | 234 | 12 | Lambeth | 361 | - |
| Bermondsey | 216 | 6 | Lewisham | 129 | 3 |
| Bethnal Green | 325 | 6 | Paddington | 276 | 3 |
| Camberwell | 329 | 2 | Poplar | 342 | - |
| Chelsea | 129 | - | St. Marylebone | 328 | 1 |
| Deptford | 89 | 1 | St. Pancras | 417 | 10 |
| Finsbury | 209 | 10 | Shoreditch | 382 | - |
| Fulham | 147 | 1 | Southwark | 645 | 2 |
| Greenwich | 121 | - | Stepney | 629 | 3 |
| Hackney | 399 | - | Stoke Newington | 46 | - |
| Hammersmith | 223 | 5 | Wandsworth | 186 | - |
| Hampstead | Westminster, City of | 333 | 5 | ||
| Holborn | 121 | - | Woolwich | 139 | 1 |
| Islington | 609 | 2 |
Dr. Alexander reports that on the completion of the new mortuary in Cottage-street, Poplar,
directions were given for it to be used for the whole borough of Poplar, and for the mortuaries in
St. Leonard's-road, Brickmore-street, Wellington-road and Bow Churchyard to be closed.
Dr. Caldwell Smith states that the question of the provision of a new mortuary for Wandsworth
was under consideration, but no decision as to the site had been arrived at, and that the
mortuary at Tooting had been closed pending the erection of a new one in Wandsworth.
Cleansing of persons.
The number of verminous persons cleansed in 1910 is shown in some of the annual reports, and the following table has been compiled from the information thus supplied:—
| Metropolitan borough. | Adults. | Children. | Metropolitan borough. | Adults. | Children. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Battersea | 1,583 | 341 | Poplar | 686 | 99 |
| Bermondsey | 111 | 318 | St. Marylebone | 8,484 | 1,372 |
| Bethnal Green | 15 | - | St. Pancras | 2,839 | 2,042c |
| Camberwell | 93 | 2,301 | Southwark | 114 | 600 |
| Finsbury | 13 | - | Stepney | 1,268 | 252 |
| Hackney | 216 | 352 | Stoke Newington | 3 | 92 |
| Holborn | 168 | - | Wandsworth | 5 | 4 |
| Islington | 19 | - | Westminster, City of | 6 | - |
| Kensington | 20b | - | Woolwich | 139 | 451 |
(a) No shelter is maintained by the Borough Council. In the case of Holborn, 16 persons were accommodated
in the Finsbury Borough Council's shelter.
(b) Dealt with by the Board of Guardians at the expense of the Kensington Borough Council.
(c) In addition to the number of children disinfected shown in the table, 354 children, bed-fellows of such
children, were also cleansecl.