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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 1948
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Richmond]
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47
PRECAUTIONS AGAINST TYPHUS AND SMALLPOX.
The following figures serve to show the extent of this work in Richmond. The Council will already be aware that no case of either of these diseases occurred in the Borough during 1948.
| Month. | Nature of Contact | |
|---|---|---|
| Typhus. | Smallpox. | |
| January | — | — |
| February | — | 1 |
| March | — | 3 |
| April | — | — |
| May | — | — |
| June | — | — |
| July | — | — |
| August | — | — |
| September | — | — |
| October | — | — |
| November | — | — |
| December | — | — |
| Total | 4 | |
Contacts of these diseases are visited daily during the incubation
period by the Sanitary Inspectors. In cases of difficulty where a
medical examination seems advisable, the Medical Officer of Health
visits. Contacts who leave the district during the incubation period
are notified to the Medical Officer of Health of the area to which
they are proceeding.