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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 1935
[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 | 219 | 260 | 181 | 172 | 229 | 268 | 292 | 41 | 326 | 286 | 265 | 150 | 2689 |
| Baths for Verminous Condition | Men | 7 | 11 | 9 | 12 | 8 | 2 | 9 | 6 | 5 | 5 | 10 | 7 | 91 |
| Women | 1 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 3 | — | 2 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 19 | |
| Children | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | ||
| Baths for Scabies | Men | 15 | 8 | 13 | 11 | 13 | 2 | 5 | 4 | 14 | 16 | 25 | 126 | |
| Women | 8 | 6 | 6 | 11 | 9 | — | 8 | 2 | 3 | 15 | 16 | 10 | 94 | |
| Children | 57 | 69 | 125 | 79 | 74 | 14 | 97 | — | 42 | 24 | 45 | 119 | 745 | |