[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Camberwell,

  • Camberwell (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
1924
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    Whooping Cough—Continued. Home nursing is valuable, provided that contacts of the patient are supervised for the detection of the disease at any early stage, and institutional treatment is essential for those whose home conditions are unfavourable for proper treatment and care. Limited accommodation is available in the Metropolitan Asylums Board Institutions for the reception of those cases unable to obtain adequate care at home, but I understand the demand on their hospitals for the reception of scarlet fever and diphtheria cases does not permit of more cases being accommodated. Venereal Diseases.— The treatment of venereal disease in Camberwell is in the hands of the London County Council. The nearest Hospital for Camberwell residents requiring treatment is King's College Hospital, Denmark Hill. Although there was no local Propaganda Committee functioning in Camberwell during 1923, the National Council for Combating Venereal Diseases carried on propaganda work in Camberwell by giving a certain number of lectures during the year, these lectures being illustrated by suitable films. Foot-and-Mouth Disease.— There have been rare instances in which this disease has been communicated to man through the secretions from the mouth of the infected animal to cow keepers and other persons in close contact with the animal. Under the present system, by which infected animals are immediately slaughtered, there is little probability of an extension of the disease to man. Further, this policy of slaughtering, under efficient supervision, all animals found to be suffering from the disease or to have been in contact with diseased animals dispenses with the question of milk or meat from infected animals reaching the public. Every step is being taken by the Authorities to prevent the sale for human consumption of milk from animals so infected, the sale of which, or consumption for human food, is prevented by Article 15 of the Dairies, Cowsheds, and Milkshops Order of 1885.