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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
Croydon 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
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The following tabulated statement shows the number of primary samples of town produced milk and country produced milk, with the number and percentage of cases in which tuberculosis was found since 1900.
| Year. | Town Milk. | No. Positive. | Per Centage. | Country Milk. | No. Positive. | Per Centage. |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1900 | 40 | 2 | 5 | — | — | - |
| 1901 | 1 | — | — | 87 | 5 | 5.7 |
| 1902 | — | — | 6 | — | - | |
| 1904 | 30 | 1 | 3.3 | — | — | - |
| 1908 | 25 | 1 | 4 | 21 | 3 | 14.2 |
| 1911 | 16 | 1 | 6.2 | 39 | 6 | 15.4 |
| 1912 | 14 | 1 | 7.1 | 31 | 1 | 3.2 |
| 1913 | 14 | 4 | 28.5 | 49 | 4 | 8.1 |
| 1914 | 12 | 1 | 8.3 | 45 | 5 | 11.1 |
| Total 1900-14 | 152 | 11 | 7.2 | 278 | 24 | 8.6 |
Total: Town and Country 430 primary samples, 35 positive,
or 8.2 per cent.
DISINFECTION.
During the year 2,248 rooms, 5 hospital wards and contents
thereof, 14 school class rooms, 4 dormitories, 1 stable and yard,
slaughterhouse, 63 departments of schools, 1 shed, 19 vehicles,
and 22,125 articles were disinfected.
The articles disinfected were as follows, viz.:—798 beds,
3,397 blankets, 189 blouses, 736 bolsters, 1,292 books (including
514 Library books), 364 boots, 100 bottles, 17 capes, 230 caps, 30
carpets, 748 coats, 8 corsets, 110 curtains, 387 cushions, 70
costumes, 1,094 counterpanes, 14 dresses, 168 dressing gowns,
246 handkerchiefs, 904 mattresses, 15 neckerchiefs, 447 palliasses,
73 petticoats, 2,341 pillows, 229 rugs, 165 shawls, 1,106 sheets,
429 shirts, 150 skirts, 924 stockings (socks), 202 towels, 400
trousers, 102 vests, 258 waistcoats, 4,382 other articles; total,
22,125.