Hints from the Health Department. Leaflet from the archive of the Society of Medical Officers of Health. Credit: Wellcome Collection, London
Report of the Medical Officer of Health for the year 1905
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METROPOLITAN BOROUGH OF DEPTFORD.
Table No. 1 2.
Shewing the number of Premises, Rooms and Bedding disinfected during the Year ending December 31st, 1905.
1905 | Premises. | Rooms. | Beds. | Pillows. | Bolsters. | Mattresses. | Sheets. | Blankets. | Odd Articles. | Articles Destroyed. | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | 50 | 54 | 23 | 68 | 22 | 21 | 52 | 78 | 339 | 1 Bed, 2 Palliasses, 3 Cushions, 1 Sheet, | |||||
February | 46 | 51 | 32 | 52 | 26 | 12 | 40 | 72 | 308 | 2 Palliasses, 5 odds. | |||||
March | 75 | 79 | 40 | 86 | 22 | 11 | 43 | 90 | 217 | 1 Mattress, 1 Bed, 3 Cushions, 20 odds. | |||||
April | 79 | 89 | 36 | 95 | 40 | 31 | 65 | 123 | 276 | 2 Mattresses, 2 Palliasses, 1 odd. | |||||
May | 97 | 118 | 37 | 73 | 27 | 17 | 31 | 82 | 987 | 2 Blankets, 2 Cushions, 22 odds. | |||||
June | 100 | 180 | 30 | 75 | 27 | 19 | 56 | 67 | 190 | 2 Beds, 2 Mattresses, 1 Pillow, 1 Sheet, 4 odds. | |||||
July | 152 | 173 | 58 | 102 | 45 | 19 | 84 | 67 | 358 | 2 Mattresses, 2 odds. | |||||
August | 63 | 78 | 39 | 74 | 24 | 9 | 58 | 29 | 171 | 1 Pillow. | |||||
September | 88 | 104 | 53 | 126 | 42 | 20 | 92 | 88 | 293 | 2 Mattresses, 2 Palliasses, 1 Bed, 2 Bolsters, 2 Pillows, 6 odds. | |||||
October | 130 | 147 | 86 | 174 | 62 | 19 | 102 | 141 | 437 | 2 Palliasses. | |||||
November | 162 | 193 | 82 | 151 | 45 | 25 | 98 | 154 | 474 | 2 Beds, 1 Mattress. | |||||
December | 95 | 104 | 53 | 134 | 33 | 18 | 71 | 114 | 318 | 1 Bed, 1 Mattress, 1 Bolster, 1 Blanket, 6 Sheets, 52 odds. | |||||
Total | 1197 | 1370 | 569 | 1210 | 415 | 221 | 792 | 1105 | 4263 |
Table No. 12—continued.
Date 1905 | Small-pox. | Scarlet Fever. | Diphtheria. | Membranous Croup. | Erysipelas. | Measles. | Enteric Fever. | Puerperal Fever. | Cancer. | Consumption | For Council. | Total. | |
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
January | .. | 30 | 10 | .. | 1 | 4 | ... | 1 | 2 | 1 | 5 | .. | 54 |
February | .. | 36 | 3 | .. | .. | 8 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 51 |
March | .. | 39 | 10 | 2 | .. | 25 | 2 | .. | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 79 |
April | .. | 54 | 8 | .. | 1 | 19 | 7 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 80 |
May | 3 | 44 | 11 | .. | 1 | 16 | .. | 2 | 1 | .. | 10 | .. | 118 |
June | .. | 43 | 17 | .. | .. | 117 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | 180 |
July | 2 | 70 | 5 | .. | .. | 92 | 2 | 1 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | 173 |
August | .. | 39 | 12 | .. | .. | 19 | 2 | 2 | .. | 3 | 1 | .. | 78 |
September | .. | 79 | 7 | .. | 1 | 13 | 4 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 104 |
October | .. | 87 | 21 | .. | .. | 31 | 8 | .. | .. | .. | .. | .. | 147 |
November | .. | 97 | 17 | .. | 1 | 60 | 3 | 2 | 6 | 7 | .. | .. | 193 |
December | .. | 56 | 14 | .. | 2 | 27 | 4 | .. | 1 | .. | .. | .. | 104 |
Total | 5 | 674 | 135 | 2 | 7 | 461 | 37 | 8 | 11 | 13 | 17 | .. | 1370 |