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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 1937
[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. | I May. | June. | July. | August. | September. | October. | November. | December. | Totals. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Head Cleansings | Children | 96 | 251 | 189 | 225 | 177 | 269 | 207 | 21 | 294 | 314 | 160 | 196 | 2399 |
| Men | 17 | 14 | 11 | 24 | 19 | 19 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 8 | 7 | 13 | 141 | |
| Baths for | ||||||||||||||
| Verminous | Women | 1 | - | - | 1 | - | - | 1 | 3 | 1 | 2 | - | - | 9 |
| Condition | Children | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | - | 1 | - | - | - | 1 |
| Men | 31 | 30 | 10 | 5 | 10 | 12 | 10 | 3 | 17 | 15 | 24 | 28 | 195 | |
| Baths for Scabies | ||||||||||||||
| Women | 49 | 46 | 6 | 28 | 40 | 7 | 16 | 6 | 5 | 15 | 30 | 27 | 274 | |
| Children | 85 | 156 | 93 | 74 | 74 | 60 | 20 | 43 | 135 | 179 | 278 | 154 | 1351 |