[Report of the Medical Officer of Health for Hampstead Borough].

  • Hampstead (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1953]
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    13 BACTERIOLOGICAL EXAMINATIONS. (Infectious Diseases.) The record of examinations carried out daring the year by the Central Public Health Laboratory, Colindale, is as follows:— Throat/Nose Swabs. Diphtheria Bacilli found Nil Hemolytic Streptococci found 23 Vincent's Angina organisms found 3 Negative 91 Faces. Shigella found 4 Salmonella found 8 Negative 111 Sputum. T.B. found 3 Other organisms found 2 Negative 17 Pertussis. Positive 8 Negative 25 DISINFECTION AND DISINFESTATION. The following is a record of the work carried out by the Disinfecting Staff during 1962:— Number of houses or parts of houses and contents disinfected 593 Number of verminous rooms disinfested 265 Number of steam chamber operations. 2,837 Number of calls by borough van 3,845 Number of rooms disinfected after I.D 328 The number of complaints of wasp nests has increased during recent years. No less than 28 instances were dealt with by the disinfectors. Requests for the disinfection of parcels of clothing prior to despatch abroad have also increased, and 100 parcels were disinfected at the request of 73 senders. CLEANSING AND DISINFECTION OF VERMINOUS PERSONS AND THEIR BELONGINGS. The following cleansings and medicinal baths were carried out at the Borough Council Cleansing Centre, during the year, where 24 adults and 11 children received treatment: — Verminous conditions: — Adults 15 Children under 5 9 Children over 5 2 Scabies:— Adults 9 Children under 5 5 Children over 5 -