Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Walthamstow]
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The following table gives the results :—
Houses inspected and disinfected | 505 |
Houses having some insanitary condition | 146 |
„ „ defective drainage | 63 |
Articles disinfected with Council's apparatus : | |
Beds | 607 |
Bolsters | 4n9 |
Pillows | 1,142 |
Blankets | 1,134 |
Miscellaneous | 1,328 |
4,080 | |
Books from libraries disinfected | 28 |
Premises having needlework, &c., carried on, and goods disinfected, and further work prohibited | 13 |
Persons suffering from infectious disease have been removed to Hospital as follows:—
In Council's Ambulance. | By other Means. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|
To Council's Sanatorium | 24) | — | 241 |
Walthamstow General Hospital | 13 | — | 13 |
West Ham Infirmary | — | 28 | 28 |
London Hospital | 6 | 3 | 9 |
N.E. Hospital for Children | 2 | 2 | 4 |
St. Bartholomew's Hospital | 2 | 3 | 5 |
Metropolitan Asylums Board Hospitals | — | 6 | 6 |
Woodford Jubilee Hospital | 1 | - | 1 |
Dagenham Smallpox Hospital | 1 | — | 1 |
267 | 42 | 309 |
Cowkeepers and Milksellers.—There are within the district 16
registered cowkeepers and 98 milksellers. All these have been
repeatedly visited and the bye-laws enforced, and the following works
carried out:—
Cowkeepers.—Specially cleansed 2
Properly paved 1
Dung receptacle provided 1
Dairy floor repaired 1
Milksellers.—Paving repaired 3
Rooms cleansed 2
House cleansed 1
Shops cleansed 3
W.c. flush repaired 1