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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
Fulham 1937
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Fulham]
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Public Health (Preservatives, etc. in food) Regulations, 1925 and 1927 76
Rag Flock 53
Rat Repression and Destruction 56
Rent Restrictions Acts 56
Refuse Collection and Disposal 46
Repairs effected 49
Rivers and Streams 46
Samples purchased for Analysis 82
Sanitary Inspection of Area 47
Scavenging and Street Watering 46
Scarlet Fever 88
Seasonal Mortality 15
Shops Act, 1934 57
Slaughter-House 78
Smoke Abatement 52
Social Conditions 13
Staff—Public Health and Maternity and Child Welfare Departments 8-10
Statistics, 1901-1937 21
Summary of Sanitary Inspections 47-49
Tuberculosis 94
Tuberculosis Dispensary (Report by Dr. P. L. T. Bennett) 100
Bacteriological Department 102
Dental Treatment 104
Extra Nourishment 104
Handicraft Class 104
Home Visits 101
Mantoux Test 101
Open-air School 103
Sanatorium Treatment 102
Special Treatment 102
Summary of Statistics—Tables 104-108
X-Ray Examinations 101
Notifications, 1913-1937 97
Ultra-Violet Light Clinic 34
Vaccination 109
Vital Statistics for the Borough 19
of London Boroughs, 1937 22
of Working-Class Flats 68
comments on 13
1901-1937 21
Zymotic Deaths 15, 85
The figures show that 55 per cent. of the infants born in 1936 had been successfully vaccinated by the end of January, 1938. Figures for recent years (in percentages) are as follows:—
| 1929 | 55 | 1933 | 54 |
| 1930 | 60 | 1934 | 58 |
| 1931 | 57 | 1935 | 55 |
| 1932 | 57 | 1936 | 55 |
The following rooms were disinfected and cleansed after Infectious Diseases, etc.:—
TABLE 47
| Scarlet Fever | 294 |
| Diphtheria | 163 |
| Measles | 15 |
| Erysipelas | 47 |
| Tuberculosis | 186 |
| Puerperal Fever | 1 |
| Vermin | 385 |
| Cancer | 12 |
| Cerebro-Spinal Meningitis | 13 |
| Poliomyelitis | 1 |
| Influenza | 2 |
| School Class rooms after Diphtheria | 2 |
| Chicken Pox | 2 |
| Scabies | 4 |
| Whooping Cough | 1 |
| Impetigo | 1 |
| Enteric Fever | 2 |
| Dysentery | 3 |
| Epidemic Diarrhœa | 1 |
| By request | 21 |
| Maternity Home | 25 |
| Day Nursery | 30 |
| Babies' Hospital | 1 |
| Infant Welfare Clinics | 40 |
| 1,252 |