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Southwark 1918
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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VERMINOUS PERSONS CLEANSED DURING 1918.
During the year 1,043 persons were cleansed at the station in King
James Street. Under our agreement with the London County Council,
983 children were cleansed. It was found necessary in a large number
of cases to treat the children twice and sometimes three or four times
before they were found to be effectually cleansed.
Many of the children treated were suffering from Scabies. In every
case the treatment at our Station was thoroughly efficacious, and no
recurrence of the trouble was experienced.
60 adults sent from the various common lodging houses and other
places in our borough were cleansed during the year, as against 83
dealt with under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
in 1917.
| 1916. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Enteric Fever. | Other Diseases, &c. | Verminous Persons. | ||||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Week Ending. | No. of Families. | No. of Persons. | No. of Days. | No. of Families. | No. of Persons. | No. of Days. | No. of Families. | No. of Persons. | No. of Days. | No. of Families. | No. of Persons. | No. of Days. | No. of Families. | No. of Persons. | No. of Days. |
| Brt. frwd. | 8 | 26 | 81 | 9 | 27 | 73 | — | — | — | 14 | 23 | 50 | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| July 6 | -— | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 13 | — | — | — | 1 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 20 | 1 | 2 | 6 | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 27 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| Aug. 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — |
| „ 10 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 17 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | 2 | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| „ 24 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 5 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 31 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sept. 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 14 | 3 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 21 | — | — | — | 1 | 2 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 28 | 1 | 5 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oct. 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | |
| „ 12 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 19 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 3 | 7 | 14 | — | — | — |
| „ 26 | — | — | — | 2 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nov. 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 16 | 3 | 3 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 23 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 30 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dec. 7 | — | — | — | 1 | 4 | 12 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| „ 14 | 1 | 3 | 9 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 21 | 1 | 5 | 15 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | 1 |
| „ 28 | 2 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Total | 20 | 49 | 146 | 19 | 52 | 143 | 1 | 5 | 15 | 21 | 34 | 68 | 4 | 4 | 4 |
| Average Number of days each Per son was resident. | 3.0 days | 2.7 days | 3.0 days | 2.0 days | 1.0 days | ||||||||||