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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
Southall-Norwood 1904
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southall-Norwood]
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with a solution of chloride of lime. Where possible, the room is not
occupied for a week, windows in the meantime being kept widely
open.
(2) As to Articles of Clothing: The clothing, bedding, curtains
and other infected articles capable of removal, are taken to be 'disinfected
in the Thresh's apparatus at the Hospital. Two covered
hand trucks, one for infected and one for disinfected articles, are used
as the means of transport.
ISOLATION HOSPITAL.
There were 149 patients admitted during the year, of these 134
were sent in as Scarlet Fever and 15 as Diphtheria.
The following Table gives the numbers admitted, discharged, and under treatment during each month.
| Number admitted. | Number discharged. | Deaths. | Number in Hospital. | |||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | |||
| January— | — | - | — | - | — | — |
| February | 10 | 1 | — | - | — | 11 |
| March | 19 | 2 | 1 | — | 30 | |
| April | 10 | 1 | 11 | — | — | 38 |
| May | 10 | 1 | 26 | 1 | — | 38 |
| June | 24 | — | 4 | - | 2 Scarlet Fever. | 35 |
| July | 20 | 6 | 20 | 1 | 1 Diphtheria | 55 |
| August | 9 | 1 | 18 | 3 | — | 22 |
| September | 9 | 1 | 12 | 2 | — | 18 |
| October | 13 | 1 | 14 | 1 | — | 17 |
| November | 5 | 1 | 11 | 2 | — | 10 |
| December | 5 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 1 Scarlet Fever, | 12 |
| 1 Diphtheria | ||||||
| Totals | 134 | 15 | 122 | 12 | 5 | Average number in Hospital for each irronth=26 |