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 Barnes]
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Hospital Administration.
Shirts to be washed in " Cresol " soap solution made with
boiling water.
Tunics and trousers to be turned inside out and rubbed with
some lather, especially along the seams. Lather to be allowed to
dry on garments.
Or Stavesacre Ointment might be rubbed on the body or
clothes.
All clothes and kit will be disinfected at the Isolation
Hospital, South Worple Way, Mortlake.
Infected bed linen can be dealt with by hanging on lines and
the room fumigated with sulphur candles.
Cresol Soap Solution is made as follows Jeyes' Fluid,
1½ ozs.; soft soap (or cheap vaseline), lbs.; and water, 10 gallons
Any further information must be obtained from the Public
Health Department.
B. C. STEVENS, M.D., D.P.H.,
Medical Officer of Health,
In the Hospital Laboratory the following work was done by
the Medical Officer of Health:—
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
Result. | Diphtheria. | Typhoid Fever. | Pulmonary Tuberculosis. | Other Diseases. | Totals. |
---|---|---|---|---|---|
Positive | 22 | — | 40 | 3 | 65 |
Negative | 82 | 2 | 75 | 1 | 160 |
Totals | 104 | 2 | 115 | 225 |