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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
Erith 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Erith]
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Table showing Details of Cases Treated etc., following Notification under Scabies Order 1945.
| Month | Cases showing symptoms and treated | Contacts not showing symptoms but treated | Total | Contacts examined not showing symptoms and not treated | No. of second treatments given | No. of families involved | No. of items disinfested | Visits by Nurse Visitor | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Preliminary Visits | Follow .up visits | Total | ||||||||
| January | 19 | 1 | 20 | 3 | 8 | 8 | — | 3 | 1 | 4 |
| February | 3 | — | 3 | 1 | 2 | 2 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| March | 9 | 3 | 12 | — | 6 | 7 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| April | 5 | — | 5 | — | 1 | 3 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| May | 9 | — | 9 | 1 | 3 | 9 | — | I | — | 1 |
| June | 13 | 5 | 18 | 1 | 8 | 6 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| July | 12 | 2 | 14 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| August | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 |
| September | 6 | 5 | 11 | — | 4 | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| October | 5 | 6 | 11 | — | — | 4 | — | 2 | — | 2 |
| November | 15 | 3 | 18 | — | — | 6 | — | 3 | 3 | |
| December | 6 | 11 | 17 | 2 | 3 | — | 2 | 2 | ||
| TOTALS | 104 | 37 | 141 | 6 | 38 | 58 | — | 19 | 4 | 23 |