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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
Marylebone 1912
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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The number of journeys made by the disinfecting vans during the year ended
December 1912 was as under:—
January 41
February 29
March 27
April 34
May 37
June 33
July 43
August 44
September 31
October 35
November 29
December 28
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The vans were used 391 times in 1911.
The number of rooms disinfected and the reasons for carrying out disinfection
are stated below:—
Reasons for Disinfection.
| Compulsorily Notifiable Infectious Diseases. | Phthisis. | Measles. | Vermin. | Other causes. | Totals. | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| January | 65 | 6 | 6 | 3 | 9 | 89 |
| February | 33 | 6 | 10 | — | 7 | 56 |
| March | 68 | 19 | 1 | 8 | 9 | 105 |
| April | 32 | 5 | 8 | 1 | 3 | 49 |
| May | 31 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 7 | 59 |
| June | 44 | 4 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 66 |
| July | 52 | 12 | 7 | 1 | 12 | 84 |
| August | 32 | 10 | 24 | 2 | 3 | 71 |
| September | 44 | 5 | 15 | 2 | 10 | 76 |
| October | 26 | 18 | 9 | 2 | 10 | 65 |
| November | 21 | 9 | 16 | 3 | 1 | 50 |
| December | 27 | 9 | 17 | 1 | — | 54 |
| Totals | 475 | 112 | 120 | 37 | 80 | 824 |
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The accompanying table shows the number of specimens examined bacteriologically,
and the diseases in which the assistance of the bacteriologist was called for in making
a diagnosis. The figures for 1911, as well as those for 1912, are shown, and indicate
that in the latter year increased use was made of the laboratory. The main increase,
it will be noted, was in connection with consumption, and for this, doubtless, the
coming into operation of the compulsory form of notification was largely responsible.