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Summary.
Number of premises visited: Infectious diseases 1327
„ „ „ Requests, bedding only 65
„ „ „ Verminous 70
Total premises visited 1462
Number of rooms disinfected, formalin spray 1633
„ „ „ „ requests 63
„ „ „ sulphur 106
Total 1802
Number of articles disinfected (steam disinfector) 14886
Number of books disinfected (formalin lamp) 413
„ „ articles destroyed at owners' request 295
Special disinfections, etc.:—
May. Two L.C.C. trams.
August. 74 bales of rags, 6 bags of rubber—weight about 6 tons.
General Provisions of Health Services in the Borough.
Hospitals Provided or subsidised by the Local Authority
in this District.
(1) Tuberculosis. Cases put forward from our Tuberculosis Dispensary
are sent by the County Council to various sanatoria, hospitals,
etc. The Greenwich Board of Guardians send cases away also.
(2) Maternity. The Municipal Maternity Home, at 52 Wickhatn
Road, S.E. 4. (See Reports elsewhere).
(3) Children. The Albury Street Sick Babies Home, locally, and
hospitals such as Vincent Square, Evelina and Great Ormond Street.
(4) Fever. Metropolitan Asylums Board's Infectious Diseases
Hospitals.
Institutional Provision for Married Mothers,
Illegitimate Infants and Homeless Children
in the District.
Rest homes by the seaside (such as All Saints Church, Margaret
Street, provides), are taken advantage of by those married mothers who
can pay a reasonably small fee. The Guardians, similarly, send away
cases.