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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
Barnes 1914
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Barnes]
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Sanitary Administration.
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put in the window for show. It is just as easy to cover sweets
with glass. No doubt many young children become ill by eating
infected and dirty sweets.
TABLE SHOWING WORK DONE DURING 1914 IN RELATION TO INFECTIOUS DISEASES, INCLUDING PULMONARY TUBERCULOSIS.
| 1 | Visits and inspections in consequence of notifiable disease | 286 |
| 2 | Disinfections performed | 340 |
| 3 | Lots disinfected by steam at the Isolation Hospital | 251 |
| 4 | No. of Notices served by the Medical Officer of Health | 115 |
| 5 | Premises inspected | 286 |
| 6 | *No. of secondary visits to Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 36 |
| 7 | No. of visits supervising works | 432 |
* In addition to the visits under No. 1.
There were 6 deaths among residents from the following
zymotic diseases:—
Scarlet Fever 0
Diphtheria 0
Measles 1
Whooping Cough 0
Epidemic Diarrhoea 5
Typhoid Fever 0
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This gives a Zymotic Death Rate of .17 per 1,000.