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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
West Ham 1932
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for West Ham]
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Venereal Diseases.
Utilisation of facilities at Hostels, 1932.
Particulars of the work clone on behalf of the participating
authorities by the hostels in the scheme for the year ended 31st
December, 1932. These institutions are as follows:—
Royal Free—20-22 Highbury Quadrant, N.
Royal Free—62 Regents Park Road, N.W.
St. Thomas'—148 Lambeth Road, S.E.
Southwark Diocesan—80 Stockwell Park Road, S.W.
Salvation Army—122-4 Lower Clapton Road, E.
Salvation Army—126-8 Lower Clapton Road, E.
West London Mission—35 Parkhurst Road, N.7.
The following table shows the allocation of the patients received at these institutions, to the areas in the scheme:—
| Area. | No. of Patients. | Aggregate No. of days in residence. | Percentage (days). |
|---|---|---|---|
| London County | 153 | 16,717 | 63.3 |
| Middlesex | 16 | 2,022 | 7.7 |
| Essex | 18 | 2,173 | 8.2 |
| Surrey | 16 | 2,060 | 7.8 |
| Kent | 15 | 1,500 | 5.6 |
| Herts | 14 | 1,242 | 4.7 |
| Bucks | 5 | 355 | 1.4 |
| East Ham | — | — | — |
| West Ham | 2 | 186 | .7 |
| Croydon | 1 | 161 | .6 |
| Totals | 240 | 26,416 | 100.0 |
ANTHRAX.
On May 18th information was received from the Medical
Officer of Health of a neighbouring area to the effect that a man
had died from Anthrax on May 15th in the district, after having
used a shaving brush purchased from a vendor who had also
supplied a shop in West Ham.
The shop was visited, and all these brushes were purchased
(one dozen) immediately, and were destroyed by fire the same
day.
One of the brushes referred to was reported upon as follows :
Cultures of virulent Anthrax bacilli have been obtained from the
shaving brush labelled A.T.S., deceased. Both the free hairs and
the resin-embedded stump gave moderate numbers of Anthrax
colonies, i.e. there is a strong presumption that the infection of
the brush was primary and not secondary.
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