Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for London, City of ]
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"in which any dangerous infectious disease has appeared, for the purpose of
"enabling such dwellings to be disinfected by the sanitary authority," has
been visited by eight families during the year. They numbered 22 persons, of
whom 16 were adults and 6 were children, and who were housed during
the disinfection of their houses after:—
Scarlet Fever
Diphtheria
Enteric Fever
Chicken-pox
1 family.
4 families.
2 „
1 family.
8 families.
One family came from a home consisting of four rooms, five of three rooms,
one of two rooms, and one of one room.