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 St. Marylebone, Metropolitan Borough]
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CLEANSING OF PERSONS ACT, 1897.
The following table shows the number of Adults and School Children using the Baths provided under the above-mentioned Act each month during the year 1921, and annually since 1910:—
1921. | Adults. | Children. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
January | 310 | 90 | 400 | 72 | 156 | 228 |
February | 278 | 92 | 370 | 115 | 252 | 367 |
March | 303 | 95 | 398 | 88 | 240 | 328 |
April | 297 | 121 | 418 | 48 | 278 | 326 |
May | 283 | 103 | 386 | 83 | 305 | 388 |
June | 286 | 132 | 418 | 77 | 259 | 336 |
July | 343 | 107 | 450 | 71 | 262 | 333 |
August | 239 | 94 | 333 | 16 | 45 | 61 |
September | 308 | 112 | 420 | 18 | 386 | 404 |
October | 323 | 146 | 469 | 75 | 277 | 352 |
November | 265 | 95 | 360 | 36 | 209 | 245 |
December | 251 | 100 | 351 | 16 | 133 | 149 |
Totals | 3,486 | 1,287 | 4,773 | 715 | 2,802 | 3,517 |
Cleansing Station Attendances, 1910-1921.
Year. | adults. | children. | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Males. | Females. | Total. | Males. | Females. | Total. | |
1910 | 6,433 | 2,051 | 8,484 | 513 | 859 | 1,372 |
1911 | 6,510 | 2,575 | 9,085 | 504 | 463 | 967 |
1912 | 5,818 | 2,384 | 8,202 | 740 | 1,138 | 1,878 |
1913 | 5,797 | 2,208 | 8,005 | 771 | 1,305 | 2,076 |
1914 | 5,555 | 2,379 | 7,934 | 623 | 1,243 | 1,866 |
1915 | 3,323 | 1,672 | 4,995 | 589 | 1,091 | 1,680 |
1916 | 1,919 | 1,158 | 3,077 | 905 | 1,288 | 2,193 |
1917 | 1,947 | 967 | 2,914 | 1,376 | 1,699 | 3,075 |
1918 | 2,031 | 1,085 | 3,116 | 1,249 | 1,474 | 2,723 |
1919 | 2,082 | 1,063 | 3,145 | 981 | 2,132 | 3,113 |
1920 | 2,669 | 893 | 3,562 | 1,059 | 2,802 | 3,861 |
1921 | 3,486 | 1,287 | 4,773 | 715 | 2,802 | 3,517 |
The total attendances since the Baths were opened in 1898 number 200,795 (adults, 151,131;
children, 49,664).
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
The following table shows the number of specimens examined for purposes of diagnosis, and indicates also the diseases in relation to which the examinations were made. The work, as formerly, was carried out by Dr. Foulerton, at University College Hospital.
1921 | |||
---|---|---|---|
Positive. | Negative | Total. | |
Typhoid fever | 5 | 9 | 14 |
Diphtheria | 78 | 607 | 685 |
Phthisis | 83 | 343 | 426 |
Totals | 166 | 959 | 1,125 |