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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 1929
[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Southwark, Borough of]
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| Name of School. | Verminous. | Scabious. | Total. | ||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Boys. | Girls | Boys. | Girls. | ||
| Archbishop Sumner | 5 | 7 | — | — | 12 |
| Addington street | 27 | 44 | — | 1 | 72 |
| All Saints' | 7 | 37 | — | 44 | |
| Archbishop Temple | — | — | — | — | — |
| Archbishop Tenison | — | — | — | — | — |
| Archbishop Tait | — | 2 | — | — | 2 |
| Blackfriars | 8 | 104 | 2 | — | 114 |
| Beresford street | — | — | — | — | — |
| Charles Dickens | 23 | 96 | — | — | 119 |
| Christchurch | 5 | 45 | — | — | 50 |
| Crampton street | 15 | 41 | 1 | — | 57 |
| English Martyrs | 16 | 65 | 2 | 2 | 85 |
| Faunce street | — | — | 1 | 1 | 2 |
| Flint street | 11 | 70 | — | 1 | 82 |
| Heygate street | 8 | 15 | — | — | 23 |
| Holy Trinity | 7 | 17 | — | 1 | 25 |
| Harper street | 37 | 80 | 1 | — | 118 |
| Hatfield street | 16 | 62 | 4 | 3 | 85 |
| Holland street | 1 | 37 | — | 1 | 39 |
| Johanna street | 74 | 177 | 4 | 6 | 261 |
| John Ruskin | 12 | — | 1 | 1 | 14 |
| King and Queen street | 22 | 99 | — | — | 121 |
| Lollard street | 1 | 3 | 2 | 2 | 8 |
| Mina road | 2 | — | — | — | 2 |
| Michael Faraday | 4 | 20 | — | — | 24 |
| Newcomen Foundation | — | 3 | — | 2 | 5 |
| Orange street | 28 | 102 | — | — | 130 |
| Penrose street | 23 | 75 | — | 2 | 100 |
| Friar street | 25 | 145 | 5 | 1 | 176 |
| Rockingham street | 20 | 100 | 3 | — | 123 |
| St. George's R.C. | 15 | 37 | — | — | 52 |
| Carried forward | 412 | 1,483 | 26 | 24 | 1,945 |
VERMINOUS PERSONS CLEANSED DURING 1929.
During the year 6,157 persons were cleansed at the station in King
James Street. Of these under our agreement with the London County
Council, were 5,094 children.
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.
1,063 adults sent from the various common lodging houses and other
places in our borough were cleansed during the year, as against 928
dealt with under the provisions of the Cleansing of Persons Act, 1897,
in 1928.