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
Stepney 1947
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Stepney]
This page requires JavaScript
Continued from previous page...
| Branch Road Treatment Centre. | M. | F. | Ch. | Total |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Persons bathed and clothing disinfected | 103 | 78 | 47 | 228 |
| No. of baths and treatments given | 200 | 147 | 76 | 423 |
| London Hospital Treatment Centre. | ||||
| Persons bathed and clothing disinfected | 175 | 138 | 129 | 440 |
| Statutory Action. | ||||
| Inspection of premises notices served | ' — | - | - | 169 |
| Medical examination notices served | -- | - | - | 152 |
| L.C.C. Pro-school children. | ||||
| (a) Scabies | ||||
| No. of baths and treatments given | - | - | 37 | 57 |
| No. of children who attended | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| (b) Vermin | ||||
| No. of children who attended | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| No. of treatments given | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| Branch Road Treatment Centre. | M. | F. | Ch. | Total |
| Persons bathed and clothing disinfected | 103 | 78 | 47 | 228 |
| No. of baths and treatments given | 200 | 147 | 76 | 423 |
| London Hospital Treatment Centre. | ||||
| Persons bathed and clothing disinfected | 175 | 138 | 129 | 440 |
| Statutory Action. | ||||
| Inspection of premises notices served | ' — | - | - | 169 |
| Medical examination notices served | -- | - | - | 152 |
| L.C.C. Pro-school children. | ||||
| (a) Scabies | ||||
| No. of baths and treatments given | - | - | 37 | 57 |
| No. of children who attended | - | - | 7 | 7 |
| (b) Vermin | ||||
| No. of children who attended | - | - | 20 | 20 |
| No. of treatments given | - | - | 20 | 20 |
SMALLPOX.
Two cases of smallpox occurred in the borough, particulars
of which are as follows:
Case 1. J. A. aged.66 (vaccinated in infancy) was seen
by me for the first tine at the Mile End Hospital on the
9th March. I diagnosed the case as Variola Major and
immediately removed him to a snallpox hospital. He was
a male resident attendant at the Empire Memorial Hostel
for Sailors, Commercial Road. It appears that he fell
ill suddenly at the Hostel on the 3rd March with headache,
vomiting and pains in the back and was immediately put to
bed there in his cubicle, where he remained until he was
removed to the Mile End Hospital on the 5th March by his
own doctor.
He made a successful recovery.
It is possible that he had been infected by one of the
missing cases from a recent outbreak of smallpox at Grimsby
-54-