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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GENERAL PROVISION OF HEALTH SERVICES IN
THE AREA.
Table 10.—Public Mortuary.
Number of Bodies Received at Borough Public Mortuary During 1940
Resident | Non-Resident | Persons Unknown | Total | |
---|---|---|---|---|
For post-mortem examination | 34 | 3 | 1 | 38 |
For purposes other than postmortem | 10 | — | — | 10 |
Totals | 44 | 3 | 1 | 48 |
Table 11.—Cleansing and Disinfestation of Verminous Persons.
Treated at Borough Cleansing Station. | ||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
For Verminous Head | For Verminous Body | For Scabies | Totals | |||||
No. of Persons | Attendances | No. of Persons | Attendances | No, of Persons | Attendances | No. of Persons | Attendances | |
Children under school-age | - | - | - | - | 1 | 2 | 1 | 2 |
Schoolchildren | 34 | 39 | — | — | 6 | 29 | 40 | 68 |
Adults | 1 | 1 | — | — | 13 | 70 | 14 | 71 |
Totals | 35 | 40 | — | — | 20 | 101 | 55 | 141 |
Table 12—Infected and Infested Rooms and Articles (dealt with by the Council).
Premises disinfected | 28 |
Rooms disinfected | 51 |
Lots of bedding disinfected | 153 |
,, ,, destroyed | 12 |
„ ,, disinfested | 26 |
Council houses disinfested | 2 |
Other houses disinfested | 4 |
Table 13.—Rats and Mice Destruction.
Number of complaints received | 90 | |
Visits to | (a) Enclosed premises | 230 |
(b) Open spaces | 843 | |
Number of occasions on which | ||
135 | ||
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