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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

Southwark 1924

[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]

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Table 28.

Table: Table 26.

Table 26.

Address.Male.Female.Total.
83, Blackfriars road-22
112, Barlow street-——
Salvation Army Shelter, Blackfriars road306—306
90, Camberwell road7—7
7, Dorritt street—1414
86, Gravel lane14—14
12, Gray street17—17
37, Stamford street9—9
Rowton house19—19
St. Olave Chambers22—22
112, Southwark Bridge road19—19
67, Union street—22
78, Camberwell road—99
12, Lombard street—11
Morning Post Home, New Kent road10—10
8, Great Charlotte street8—8
Y M.C.A. Huts349—349
19, Belvedere crescent—22
Other addresses141832
Total79448842

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40 bundles of rags were also disinfected at the Depots. 3 bags of
rubbish were destroyed.
VERMINOUS PERSONS CLEANSED DURING 1924.
During the year 4,094 persons were cleansed at the station in King
James Street. Under our agreement with the London County Council,
3,252 children were cleansed. One cleansing was found to be sufficient
in verminous cases, except when the cases were associated with impetigo,
when two or three cleansings had to be given.
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.
842 adults sent from the various common lodging houses and other
places in our borough were cleansed during the year, as against 759
dealt with under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
in 1923.