London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972
View report page
Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Croydon 1923
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Croydon]
This page requires JavaScript
| For Medical Practitioners. | For the Borough Hospital. | Grand Total. | ||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| + | — | Total. | + | — | Total. | + | — | Total. |
| 2 | 19 | 1 | 7 | 8 | 3 | 26 | 29 | |
In each case the serum was tested against B. typhosus, paratyphi.
A and paratyph. B.
Miscellaneous Examinations.
Enteric stools, 8.
Tuberculous stools, 1.
Dysentery stools, 4.
Urine for pus, 1.
Smears for gonococci, 3.
Goat's milk for organisms, 1.
Blood for relapsing fever, 1.
Pus for anthrax, 1.
Cerebro-spinal fluid, in sus-
pected C.S. Meningitis. +1-3; total, 4.
Blood for dysentery, 1.
DISINFECTION.
The Borough Disinfecting Station is situated in Factory
Lane. Two steam disinfectors (one Washington Lyons and one
Warner) are in use, and the staff consists of five, three of whom
carry out disinfection in the homes (one of whom is also driver of
the motor van used for conveying articles to and from the disinfecting
station), the other two being engaged at the disinfecting
station.
A cleansing station, consisting of reception room, 4 baths, and
waiting room after cleansing, is attached to the disinfecting station,
and is largely used for dealing with verminous conditions and
scabies in school children and others.
1 he following articles were disinfected at the Disinfecting Station during the year : —
| Number of Articles. | |
|---|---|
| By steam | 16,733 |
| ,, formalin lamp | 833 |
| ,, formalin spray | 254 |
| 17,820 | |
In addition, 457 articles were destroyed.