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Hackney 1956
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hackney]
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MILLFIELDS DISINFECTING STATION
At the Council's Disinfecting Station in Millfields Road, the
following facilities are provided:-
SCABIES AND VERMINOUS CONDITIONS Treatment of these conditions is carried out in the cleansing section of the Station. The following cases were dealt with:-
| Scabies | Head and body lice | Cleansing baths | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cases | Treat" merits | Contacts (Preventive Treatments) | Cases | Treatments | Cases | Treatments | |||
| Children under 5 years | 30 | 39 | 7 | 37 | 52 | - | |||
| Children over 5 years | 35 | 69 | - | 162 | 245 | - | - | ||
| Adults | 61 | 71 | 13 | 77 | 95 | 6 | 14 | ||
| Totals | 126 | 179 | 20 | 276 | 392 | 6 | 14 | ||
The following 21 cases were dealt with on behalf of these three authorities:-
| Scabies | Head lice | Body lice | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Walthamstow Borough Council | 3 | - | 1 |
| Leyton Borough Council | 10 | 3 | |
| Forest Divisional Executive, Essex Education Committee | 1 | 3 | - |
LONDON COUNTY COUNCIL MINOR AILMENTS CLINIC. The London County
Council use part of the cleansing Centre as a Minor Ailments Clinic and
for the treatment of scabies and verminous conditions in children for
whom that authority is responsible; a school nurse on the staff of the
County Council supervises the treatment carried out. The County Council
pays the Borough Council £400 per annum for the facilities provided,
DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION. The following plant is availablel:-
Two large Washington Lyon steam Disinfectors
One small Washington Lyon Steam Disinfector
One formalin chamber
One phenol chamber
Airing and drying rooms
Hydrogen cyanide chambers - of the three
specially constructed brick chambers, two
are sufficiently spacious to accommodate
large furniture vans
INCINERATOR A large modern brick-built incinerator is available for
the destruction of unwholesome materials, unsound foods etc.