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
Barnes 1917
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
This page requires JavaScript
Sanitary Administration. 23
RECENT LEGISLATION.
The Public Health (Small-Pox Prevention) Registrations, 1917,
gives power to Local Authorities to appoint their Medical Officer
of Health to vaccinate or re-vaccinate persons during an outbreak
of Small-Pox at the expense of the Local Authority.
TABLE SHOWING WORK DONE DURING 1917 IN RELATION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INCLUDING PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| 1 | Visits and inspections in consequence of notifiable disease | 148 |
| 2 | Disinfections performed | 241 |
| 3 | Lots disinfected by steam at the Isolation Hospital | 56 |
| 4 | No. of Notices served by the Medical Officer of Health | 32 |
| 5 | ,, ,, Inspectors | 68 |
| 6 | Premises inspected | 148 |
| 7 | *No. of secondary visits to Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 22 |
| 8 | No. of visits supervising works | 117 |
| 9 | Military Kit and bedding disinfected (lots) | 9 |
| 10 | Statutory notices served | 9 |
* In addition to the visits under No. 1.
MORTUARY AND CORONER'S COURT.
Inquests during 1917.
| Residents | 24 |
| Non-Residents | 18 |
| Unknown | 5 |
| 47 | |
| Cause of Death. | |
| Natural | 25 |
| Violence | 17 |
| Suicide | 5 |
| 47 |