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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

Richmond upon Thames 1943

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]

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Arrangements have been made for Scabies cases to be treated
at the First Aid Post adjacent to the Clinic, and the personnel
of this post have carried out the treatment in a very satisfactory
way.
The material used for treatment was a Benzyl-Benzoate
Emulsion.
Of the 241 cases seen, 122 were school children.
BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS.
As previously mentioned, Bacteriological Examinations for
Infectious Disease are carried out by the Pathologist at the Royal
Hospital, Richmond.

Table: During the year the number of specimens, etc., sent up for examination was as follows:—

During the year the number of specimens, etc., sent up for examination was as follows:—

Disease Suspected.Nature of Specimen.Result.Total.
Positive.Negative.
DiphtheriaSwabs from Throat and Nose16667
TuberculosisSputa43034
Other Diseases...72633
Total12122134

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TUBERCULOSIS.
It has not been necessary to take action under the Public Health
(Prevention of Tuberculosis) Regulations, 1925, or under Section
172 of the Public Health Act, 1936.
Respiratory Tuberculosis (Phthisis). Fifty-seven cases of
this disease were notified during the year (36 males and 21 females).
Of these 22 (16 males and 6 females) were removed to Hospital or
Sanatorium. There were 56 cases notified in 1942.