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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

Brent 1969

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Brent]

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Table: Table 49UNCLEANLINESS AND SCABIES

Table 49

UNCLEANLINESS AND SCABIES

New cases treatedAttendances
ScabiesLice and nitsTotalScabiesLice and nitsTotal
Children under 5 years3263841647
Children 5-15 years5232845942101
AdultsMen3063639645
Women4285051960
Total1565220819063253

Table: Table 50DISINFESTATION

Table 50

DISINFESTATION

(a) Verminous Premises:
Council properties20
Private properties56
Total76
(b) Verminous Rooms:
Council properties62
Private properties170
Total232
(c) Clothine and bedding materials:
(i) disinfected7
(ii) disinfested2
(d) Miscellaneous:
Ants1
Silver Fish1
Wasps nests198
Plaster Beetles1