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

View report page

Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London

Hackney 1935

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]

This page requires JavaScript

Table: The following table shows the number of cases attended and the visits paid by the nurses during the year.

The following table shows the number of cases attended and the visits paid by the nurses during the year.

No. of Cases. Nursed.No. of Visits. Paid.
Infantile Diarrhoea4101
Maternity Nursing961,478
Measles355
Ophthalmia Neonatorum11288
Pneumonia28723
Tuberculosis394,036
Whooping Cough8160
Other Ailments34717
Totals2237,558

Text

Copy text to clipboard

DISINFECTION.
(a) Rooms Disinfected.—During 1935 there were 2,433 rooms
in 2,008 premises in the Borough disinfected by the staff of the
Public Health Department, after the occurrence of infectious and
contagious diseases.

Table: The number of rooms so dealt with in each month of the year is set out in the following table:—

The number of rooms so dealt with in each month of the year is set out in the following table:—

January295
February197
March188
April178
May180
June143
July202
August185
September190
October247
November207
December221
Total2,433

Text

Copy text to clipboard

(6) Articles of Clothing, Furniture, etc.—The number of articles
under this head disinfected or destroyed during last year was
47,636. In addition, 335 van-loads of verminous or dirty articles
were collected and destroyed at the Disinfecting Station.
A table is here given showing details of the articles dealt with during each
month of the year.