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 Barnes]
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Sanitary Administration. 49
When the work is in progress, frequent visits are made to see
that the work necessary is properly carried out.
By this system of proper inspection and supervision, should
further cases occur, one is assured that everything reasonably asked
for has been done to improve the hygienic condition of the premises.
The occurrence of infectious disease in Schools is dealt with
in that part of the Report dealing with School Inspection, page 31,
and the method of dealing with Pulmonary Tuberculosis is described
on page 42.
The notifiable diseases are:—Small-pox, Cholera, Diphtheria
(Membranous Croup), Erysipelas, Scarlet Fever, and the Fevers
known as Typhus, Typhoid, Relapsing, Continued and Puerperal;
also Tuberculosis—pulmonary and non-pulmonary, Epidemic Poliomyelitis,
and Cerebro-spinal Fever.
With regard to the last two diseases, these were made notifiable
by this Council before the Compulsory Order of the L.G.B.
came into force.
Table showing work done during 1912 in relation to infectious diseases, including Pulmonary Tuberculosis.
BARNES. | MORTLAKE. | TOTALS. | ||
---|---|---|---|---|
1 | Visits and inspections in consequence of notifiable disease | 205 | 200 | 405 |
2 | Disinfections performed | 128 | 107 | 235 |
3 | Lots disinfected by steam at the Isolation Hospital | 63 | 59 | 122 |
4 | No. of Notices served by the Medical Officer of Health | 44 | 51 | 95 |
5 | No. of Notices complied with | 40 | 46 | 86 |
6 | *No. of visits to Pulmonary Tuberculosis | 73 | 150 | 223 |
*In addition to the visits under heading 1. |