Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1947.

  • Camberwell (London, England). Metropolitan Borough.
Date:
[1948]
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Credit: Metropolitan Borough of Camberwell annual (abridged) report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1947. Source: Wellcome Collection.

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    - 3 - SCABIES & VERMIN. The number of attendances at the Council's Cleansing Station for treatment for Scabies during the year showed a decrease of 50% below the figure for 1946, while the attendances for the treatment of verminous conditions showed only a very slight reduction. Follow-up visits were made by Sanitary inspectors and Health Visitors to the homes of the persons treated. Small tooth combs and Lethane Hair Oil were issued at the Council's Infant Welfare Centres. DISINFECTING STATION - RETURN OF WORK. I Notified Infectious Diseases Other Diseases Miscellaneous Vermin Total All Cases 16 1,115 1,454 2,664 Rooms disinfected 79 460 Lots of bedding disinfected 134 73 338 1,005 Total visits 1,739 1,717 4,762 107 1,199 Number of articles disinfected by steam 3,080 „ „ „ „ „ formalin 1,009 „ „ books disinfected 288 Beds and mattresses destroyed 107 Miscellaneous goods destroyed 236 Weight of bomb damaged furniture etc. from Council T. c. qr. 1b. stores destroyed 35 0 0 0 „ „ effects destroyed 1 16 3 14 „ „ hospital dressings destroyed 18 5 0 0 „ „ towels from Council's Baths disinfected 16 5 3 0 „ „ „ „ „ „ washed 4 4 2 7 „ „ blankets from Gordon Road Institution disinfected 7 19 3 0 dead animals destroyed - 3 0 0 unsound foods condemned 54 10 0 2 CLEANSING STATION. Persons cleansed Number of attendances Scabies Vermin Males Females Males Females Adults 271 303 34 3 614 1,557 606 Children 775