London's Pulse: Medical Officer of Health reports 1848-1972

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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

Newham 1965

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Newham]

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Table: Q - B.C.G. VACCINATIONPersons Vaccinated Against Tuberculosis

Q - B.C.G. VACCINATION

Persons Vaccinated Against Tuberculosis

1. Contacts of Confirmed Cases of Tuberculosis196519661967196819691970
(a) Number Skin Tested663831787940927863
(b) Number Found Positive276278251303334322
(c) Number Found Negative387553536637593541
(d) Number Vaccinated221400373412614600
2. School Children and Students
(a) Number Skin Tested30817911662193223273168
(b) Number Found Positive85421434504658921
(c) Number Found Negative22313701228142816692247
(d) Number Vaccinated22313701101142519692624
R - PUBLIC HEALTH INSPECTION
1. Visits Made During the Year
(a) On Complaints Received569157416242567951035212
(b) Drainage Inspection and Tests2689254033432l6l27123325
(c) Notifiable Infectious Diseases284251259257370302
(d) Factories Act485530561328118147
(e) Food and Drugs Act, 1955326939014498168229973219
(f) Diseases of Animals Act685285894754
(g) Housing Purchase & Housing Act, 195914956621093316443
(h) Offensive Trades185245296191135112
(i) Rent Act, 19578113048591416
(J) Clean Air Act, 1956178363106445913858814864
(k) Slaughterhouses96010371053681355502
(1) Offices, Shops and Railway Premises Act444136332861212520381864
(m) Re-Inspections95851098110452867989818671
(n) Other Visits468057305130530940475437
2. Houses Inspected Under the Housing Acts
(a) Clearance Areas356850584706356830542371
(b) Individual Unfit Houses21516723115788129
(c) Houses in Multiple Occupation6734154671452581548
(d) Overcrowding95707146246