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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
Hackney 1934
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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The following table gives particulars of the treatments given to persons who attended at the Cleansing Station during the year.
| January. | February. | March. | April. | May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Cleansings | Children | 225 | 173 | 127 | 168 | 291 | 313 | 339 | 17 | 420 | 388 | 292 | 189 | 2942 |
| Baths for Verminous Condition | Men | 3 | 6 | 4 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 3 | 39 | |
| Women | 4 | 2 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | — | — | 25 | |
| Children | 2 | 1 | 2 | — | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | — | — | 13 | |
| Baths for Scabies | Men | 24 | 17 | 14 | 14 | 2 | 13 | 7 | 7 | 3 | 12 | 10 | 123 | |
| Women | 35 | 31 | 17 | 30 | 30 | 18 | 8 | 2 | 14 | 10 | 23 | 6 | 224 | |
| Children | 162 | 133 | 112 | 84 | 104 | 62 | 47 | 3 | 58 | 50 | 130 | 112 | 1057 | |